AUTHORIZING REIMBURSEMENT FOR INTRASTATION TRAVEL IS APTLY DESCRIBED BY THE PHRASE "WITHIN THE GENERAL AREA SURROUNDING THE DUTY STATION ORDINARILY SERVED BY LOCAL CARRIERS" COULD RESULT IN MISUNDERSTANDING AT THE STATION LEVEL AS TO THE TRAVEL CONTEMPLATED BY THE ACT AND IN THE CONSEQUENT IMPROPER REIMBURSEMENT FOR ROUND TRIPS OF SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES BECAUSE NO TRAVEL ORDERS WERE ISSUED. THE PRO...

TRAVEL EXPENSES - MILITARY PERSONNEL - LOCAL TRAVEL WHEN MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES TRAVEL BY PRIVATELY OWNED VEHICLES IN AND AROUND THE LARGE METROPOLITAN AREA OF THEIR PERMANENT DUTY STATION WHICH IS NOT SERVED BY LOCAL COMMON CARRIER TO VISIT PLANTS LOCATED IN MANY MUNICIPALITIES SURROUNDING THE METROPOLITAN AREA IN ADMINISTERING THE CONTRACTS OF A CORPORATION. EACH MEMBER IS ASSIGNED TO...

The Department of the Navy requested that GAO express its views regarding the application of federal law to certain travel situations which have been questioned by GAO in the audit of disbursing officers' accounts. The Department also asked whether the reference to "local carriers" may be deleted from the Navy Comptroller Manual relating to travel under the act.The payments questioned by GAO invol...