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B-247084 1 (1992-08-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadocs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroler General of the Unted States Washlngti, DC, 20548 Decision Matter of: Anthony B, Queern - Long-Term Temporary Duty - Per Diem for Days of Annual Leave Renter' s Insurance File: B-247084 Date: August 6, 1992 DIGEST 1, Employee on long-term temporary duty was denied per diem for days he took annual leave, based on 41 C.F.Re § 301-7,15(a) (1991). Employee had leased a furnished apartment and paid monthly rent in advance, with no credit or refund for days away, Under the special computation rules of 41 C.F.R. § 301-7,14(a)(2) (1991), the daily .odg- ing cost is to be computed by dividing the total lodging cost for the month by the number of days the apartment was actually occupied for official business purposes. There- fore, days of annual leave are to be excluded in computing daily lodging cost. Employee's claim for additional lodging expenses is allowed and remanded to the agency for computa- tion of the amount due, 2, Employee on long-term temporary duty assignment purchased renter's insurance for protection of his personal property and seeks reimbursement for this expense. Under 41 C.F.R, § 301-1,3(b) (1991), reimbursable travel expenses are confined to those expenses essential to the transaction of official business, Also, under 41 C,F.R. § 301-9.1(e) (1991), the purchase of renter's insurance i9 not a miscel- laneous expenditure necessarily incurred by the traveler in connection with the transaction of official business. Employee's claim for renter's insurance is denied. DECISION The Department of the Interior has requested a decision on the claims of Mr. Anthony B. Queern for additional per diem and for renter's insurance while on long-term temporary duty.1 For the following reasons, w,6- allow the former and deny the latter. 'This request was submitted by Mr. Roy J. Heinbuch, U.S. Geological Survey, Resto.1, Virginia.

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