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[Request for Reconsideration of Per Diem Allowance Claim]

B-211818 Nov 13, 1984
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A Corps of Engineers accounting officer requested reconsideration of a decision in which GAO determined that a Corps employee performing a temporary duty assignment was entitled to reduced per diem while staying at his family residence located near the temporary duty station. In his request for a reconsideration, the accounting officer argued that the administrative determination of the employee's official duty station was incorrect and should be retroactively changed. GAO held that the factors to be considered were: the administrative designation; the place where the major part of the employee's duties were performed; and the length and nature of the duties and assignments. The record indicated that the employee performed a majority of his duties at a station other than his official station. However, GAO found that, since the nature of the employment was itinerant with assignments to many different temporary duty stations and the employee did perform some duties at his official station, the situation did not warrant a retroactive change of duty station. The accounting officer further questioned the allowance of per diem for a temporary assignment near the employee's family domicile during which he commuted from another residence. GAO held that, since travel regulations do not require an employee to maintain a separate residence to be eligible for per diem, the allowance was proper. Accordingly, the prior decision was affirmed and the claim for per diem should be paid.

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