B-158046, JAN. 11, 1966
Highlights
WAS ON TEMPORARY DUTY AT WASHINGTON. NELSON WAS ACCOMPANIED BY MR. AN INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE EMPLOYEE WHO WAS TO PERFORM TEMPORARY DUTY IN WASHINGTON. HE WAS NOT REIMBURSED FOR ANY TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES IN TRAVELING TO WASHINGTON. 350 MILES AND WAS ALLOWED AN AMOUNT FOR MILEAGE NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF PER DIEM HE WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN ENTITLED TO HAD HE REMAINED AT HIS TEMPORARY DUTY STATION. NELSON IS NOW CLAIMING THE TRANSPORTATION COST THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN INCURRED BY MR. D.C. 3.50 TOTAL $40.25 THERE IS NOTHING OF RECORD TO SHOW THAT MR. NELSON WAS AUTHORIZED BY HIS AGENCY TO TRANSPORT MR. JAMES AND WE ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY LEGAL OBLIGATION TO REIMBURSE MR. WHICH IS RETURNED WITH RELATED PAPERS.
B-158046, JAN. 11, 1966
TO MR. B. R. JOHNSON, AUTHORIZED CERTIFYING OFFICER, INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE:
THIS REFERS TO YOUR LETTER OF NOVEMBER 12, 1965, WITH ENCLOSURES, REQUESTING OUR DECISION WHETHER YOU MAY CERTIFY FOR PAYMENT THE ENCLOSED VOUCHER FOR $40.25 IN FAVOR OF MR. ROBERT B. NELSON.
THE INFORMATION FURNISHED SHOWS THAT MR. NELSON, WITH HEADQUARTERS AT ATLANTA, GEORGIA, WAS ON TEMPORARY DUTY AT WASHINGTON, D.C., DURING THE PERIOD AUGUST 8 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 3, 1965. DURING THE WEEKEND OF AUGUST 21 MR. NELSON VOLUNTARILY RETURNED TO HIS HEADQUARTERS. ON THE RETURN TRIP MR. NELSON WAS ACCOMPANIED BY MR. DWIGHT L. JAMES, JR., AN INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE EMPLOYEE WHO WAS TO PERFORM TEMPORARY DUTY IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
THE RECORD SHOWS THAT MR. JAMES DID RECEIVE PER DIEM IN LIEU OF SUBSISTENCE FROM THE TIME HE LEFT ATLANTA UNTIL HIS RETURN; HOWEVER, HE WAS NOT REIMBURSED FOR ANY TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES IN TRAVELING TO WASHINGTON, D.C. MR. NELSON, FOR THE RETURN TRIP TO HIS HEADQUARTERS OVER THE WEEKEND, TRAVELED A TOTAL OF 1,350 MILES AND WAS ALLOWED AN AMOUNT FOR MILEAGE NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF PER DIEM HE WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN ENTITLED TO HAD HE REMAINED AT HIS TEMPORARY DUTY STATION. SEE SECTION 6.12E OF THE STANDARDIZED GOVERNMENT TRAVEL REGULATIONS. HOWEVER, MR. NELSON IS NOW CLAIMING THE TRANSPORTATION COST THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN INCURRED BY MR. JAMES TO TRAVEL FROM ATLANTA TO WASHINGTON, D.C., AS FOLLOWS:
TABLE
MILEAGE - RESIDENCE TO LIMOUSINE TERMINAL
20 MILES AT 10 CENTS $2.00
LIMOUSINE TO AIRPORT 1.35
ONE WAY PROP. TOURIST FARE33.40
TAXICAB - NATIONAL AIRPORT TO SHOREHAM HOTEL
IN WASHINGTON, D.C. 3.50
TOTAL $40.25
THERE IS NOTHING OF RECORD TO SHOW THAT MR. NELSON WAS AUTHORIZED BY HIS AGENCY TO TRANSPORT MR. JAMES AS A PASSENGER ON HIS RETURN TO WASHINGTON, D.C., OR THAT MR. JAMES REQUESTED SUCH TRANSPORTATION. IN VIEW OF THE LACK OF SUCH INFORMATION WE ASSUME THAT MR. NELSON VOLUNTEERED TO TRANSPORT MR. JAMES AND WE ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY LEGAL OBLIGATION TO REIMBURSE MR. NELSON AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT BY REASON THEREOF.
ACCORDINGLY, THE VOUCHER, WHICH IS RETURNED WITH RELATED PAPERS, MAY NOT BE CERTIFIED FOR PAYMENT.