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Imatter (of: iDr, !Lester !4, Crawford - Forfeited Room
:Deposit
iT!lA: iB '24 6928
Datel: :lay,6, !1992
iDXGXST
;An employee imade -a nonrefundable iroom (deposit iintident tto
(officlal ttravel tto jRio (de aaneirq, irazil., Subsequentily,
tthe templqyee Alearned irom tthe W.*., iEmbassy that tthe lhotel ihe
Ihad o(hosen -was !in zan area with oritical (cr'ime lev6s and the
,Embassy recommended :avoiding that ihotel ,The employee
(changed hotals, ]but ,forfaited the dqposit. ,The (employee ,may
)be reimbursed ifor -the deposit Ibecause the iforfeiture
(occurred ifor reasons :acceptable to the -agency and ithe
employee !had acted :reasonably and prudent'ly..
]DZCZSION
zA uaiited ,States [Department (of Agriculture ((USDA) authorized
ycert:ir.ying (off icer Yrequests -an -advance (decision (on
{Dr.. }Lester M. {rawford':s <cloa'im for reimbursemht Alf or -a
iforfeited iroom (deposit.. iFor tthe ,reasons stated ibelow, we
-authorize payment of the claim.
iBACKGROUND
iDr., (Orawford ji's ian Eemplqyee (of tthe iFood ,Safeqy zand
)Inqpection ,Servicq, Ta USDA (component.. )In ,August 199., the
irepresented tthe USDA iat tthe X.IV Worid Vetetinaty (Congress
((OWO) jtn iRio (de 0anei'rq, iarazti,. ulMost 'Tursmo (We iEvento.,
iwhom KVC ,sealected tto imake tthe tt-raval arrangements ifor ithe
zattendeeg, sent iDr.. (Qrawford a ist cof zavailtable thotel,,
ifiZom ;nh'ich the twhose tthe zMiramar ibecause .it %was %within
;wa'lking distance (of tthe (conference zand .its irates %were %within
iatDlowable per diem if or tthat iarea. 'The iMiramar irequired .a
,$31'0 (depos'it, ,which would ibecome rnonrefundable zafter
aune :30, T1'99.1.. [Dr.. (Crawford !paid the required (deposit kby
1personal (cheok.
(On Tuly :25,, 199 ;, theNAmerican Embassy jnot~fied iDr.. Orawford
by ttelegram tthat tthe (crirne threat In iRio (de -Saneiro %was
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