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B-261779 1 (1996-04-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptadrd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Chris B. White File: B-261779 Date: April 12, 1996 DIGEST An employee who was authorized to return home for the weekend from a temporary duty assignment rented a car to drive from the airport to his home on Friday and kept the car over the weekend to use to return to the airport on Sunday. The employee may be reimbursed for rental costs incurred on Saturday, even though the car was not used that day for official business, because the overall cost to the government was less than any other available mode of transportation. See 41 C.F.R. § 301-2.2(b) (1995). DECISION The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) asks the proper amount to reimburse an employee who was authorized to return home for the weekend from a temporary duty assignment (TDY) and who rented a car to drive from the airport to his home on Friday, which he kept over the weekend and used to return to the airport on Sunday. Specifically, the agency asks whether the employee may be reimbursed for each of the 3 days he rented the car or only for the 2 days he actually used the car for official travel. The answer is that he may be reimbursed for all 3 days. BACKGROUND Mr. White is an FAA employee permanently assigned to the Des Plaines, Illinois, duty station who lives in McHenry, Illinois, about 52 miles away. When assigned to TDY at Oberlin, Ohio, about 400 miles from his duty station, Mr. White requested and was authorized to drive his privately owned vehicle (POV) to the TDY site. The agency also authorized voluntary weekend return trips to his residence. See Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) 41 C.F.R. § 301-7.15(b)(3) (1995). For these trips, Mr. White left his POV at the TDY site and flew home, using the Milwaukee airport, which is about 65 miles from his residence. According to the record, the cost of using a rental car to return home on Friday and to the airport the following Sunday, including keeping the car on Saturday, was less expensive than one-way taxi or limo fares for each trip. Apparently, there is no car rental return lot near McHenry, making it impractical--and more expensive--to try to return the car on Friday and 223410

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