B-166553, MAY 15, 1969
Highlights
YOUR ORDERS DID NOT AUTHORIZE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION NOR WAS SURFACE TRANSPORTATION DIRECTED BY A TRANSPORTATION OFFICER. IN FACT YOU STATE THAT AFTER COMPLETION OF YOUR TRANSPORTATION AGREEMENT YOU REQUESTED SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND WERE INFORMED THAT YOU WERE NOT ENTITLED TO SURFACE TRANSPORTATION. YOU WERE REIMBURSED FOR SUCH TRAVEL LIMITED TO THE CONSTRUCTIVE COST OF TRAVEL BY THE MODE AUTHORIZED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH C6001-3B OF THE JOINT TRAVEL REGULATIONS. YOU SAY THAT ANOTHER EMPLOYEE IN THE HEADQUARTERS WHERE YOU WORKED WAS PERMITTED TO TRAVEL BY COMMERCIAL VESSEL ON TRAVEL ORDERS SIMILAR TO YOURS. OUR RECORDS INDICATE THAT CASE DIFFERS FROM YOURS IN THAT THE TRAVELER WAS RETURNING TO KOREA FROM THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES AND THE TRANSPORTATION OFFICER WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ISSUANCE OF PORT CALLS FOR EMPLOYEES RETURNING TO KOREA ISSUED A GOVERNMENT TRANSPORTATION REQUEST AND DIRECTED TRAVEL BY SURFACE TRANSPORTATION.
B-166553, MAY 15, 1969
TO MRS. MAXINE T. BENNETT:
THIS REFERS TO YOUR LETTER OF MARCH 6, 1969, REQUESTING RECONSIDERATION OF OUR OFFICE SETTLEMENT OF FEBRUARY 12, 1969, WHICH DISALLOWED YOUR CLAIM FOR ADDITIONAL REIMBURSEMENT FOR TRAVEL FROM KIMPO AIR BASE, KOREA, TO CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA.
THE RECORD SHOWS THAT UPON COMPLETION OF THE PERIOD OF OVERSEAS DUTY AGREED UPON, YOU TRAVELED TO THE UNITED STATES BY COMMERCIAL VESSEL TRANSPORTATION FOLLOWING THE RECEIPT OF ORDERS READING ,TRANSPORTATION AUTHORIZED - OUTSIDE CONUS - GOVT AIR - COML AIR - RAIL.' YOUR ORDERS DID NOT AUTHORIZE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION NOR WAS SURFACE TRANSPORTATION DIRECTED BY A TRANSPORTATION OFFICER. IN FACT YOU STATE THAT AFTER COMPLETION OF YOUR TRANSPORTATION AGREEMENT YOU REQUESTED SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND WERE INFORMED THAT YOU WERE NOT ENTITLED TO SURFACE TRANSPORTATION. YOU THEN MADE YOUR OWN ARRANGEMENTS AND PURCHASED A TICKET FROM THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES FOR TRANSPORTATION ON THE PRESIDENT WILSON FROM YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, TO SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, AT A COST OF $490. YOU WERE REIMBURSED FOR SUCH TRAVEL LIMITED TO THE CONSTRUCTIVE COST OF TRAVEL BY THE MODE AUTHORIZED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH C6001-3B OF THE JOINT TRAVEL REGULATIONS.
YOU SAY THAT ANOTHER EMPLOYEE IN THE HEADQUARTERS WHERE YOU WORKED WAS PERMITTED TO TRAVEL BY COMMERCIAL VESSEL ON TRAVEL ORDERS SIMILAR TO YOURS. OUR RECORDS INDICATE THAT CASE DIFFERS FROM YOURS IN THAT THE TRAVELER WAS RETURNING TO KOREA FROM THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES AND THE TRANSPORTATION OFFICER WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ISSUANCE OF PORT CALLS FOR EMPLOYEES RETURNING TO KOREA ISSUED A GOVERNMENT TRANSPORTATION REQUEST AND DIRECTED TRAVEL BY SURFACE TRANSPORTATION.
ACCORDINGLY, SINCE YOU WERE ADVISED PRIOR TO YOUR DEPARTURE FROM YOUR OVERSEAS DUTY STATION THAT YOU WERE NOT ENTITLED TO USE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND YOU ELECTED TO USE SUCH TRANSPORTATION FOR PERSONAL REASONS, WE MUST SUSTAIN THE ACTION TAKEN IN OUR SETTLEMENT OF FEBRUARY 12, 1969, IN DISALLOWING YOUR CLAIM.
CONCERNING YOUR REQUEST THAT WE RETURN YOUR ORIGINAL LETTER WITH ALL ATTACHMENTS YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THE ORIGINAL PAPERS AND DOCUMENTS FILED IN SUPPORT OF A CLAIM AGAINST THE UNITED STATES BECOME A PART OF THE PERMANENT FILES OF OUR OFFICE AND MAY NOT BE RETURNED. HOWEVER, WE ARE RETURNING COPIES THEREOF WHICH WE TRUST WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR WHATEVER PURPOSE DESIRED.