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B-256897 1 (1996-09-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptadpc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Dr. Alejandro A. Gonzalez File: B-256897 Date: September 23, 1996 DIGEST An employee who was authorized to use his privately owned automobile (POV) for travel on official business as a matter of personal preference, instead of using a government-furnished automobile, was entitled to reimbursement at a rate of 18 cents per mile based on the average cost of using a government automobile. When his POV broke down while he was traveling on official business, he elected to return home by commercial airline. The agency correctly limited his reimbursement to the authorized 18 cents mileage rate for travel rather than the higher actual cost he incurred traveling by air. While an employee whose use of a POV for official travel is authorized as advantageous to the government may be reimbursed for extra travel expenses incurred due to breakdown of the POV, this employee's use of POV was not on that basis, and thus the extra expense incurred is considered a personal matter, and the government's obligation is limited to the 18 cents mileage rate authorized under applicable regulations. DECISION This is in response to a request for a decision from an authorized certifying officer as to whether an employee who was authorized to use his privately owned vehicle (POV) in lieu of a government automobile for temporary duty travel (TDY) may be reimbursed for the extra expenses he incurred to return from a TDY assignment by commercial airline due to the breakdown of his POV enroute.1 For the reasons set out below, reimbursement is not authorized. BACKGROUND Dr. Alejandro A. Gonzalez, an employee of the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture, was detailed in July 1991 from his official duty 1The request for decision was submitted by the Authorized Certifying Officer, Department of Agriculture, Office of Finance and Management, National Finance Center, New Orleans. 1100917

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