B-165625, DEC. 27, 1968
Highlights
YOUR ORDERS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED TO AUTHORIZE SUCH TRANSPORTATION AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE. THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE STATES THAT THE ROUTE TAKEN BY YOU IN RETURNING TO THE UNITED STATES IS PERMISSIBLE. WE HAVE NOW DETERMINED YOU WERE ENTITLED TO MILEAGE AND PER DIEM FOR THE USE OF YOUR PRIVATELY OWNED AUTOMOBILE IN TRAVELING TO MIAMI. ON THE BASIS OF TRAVELING 350 MILES PER DAY (SEE 6 FAM 145.4-2) YOU ARE ENTITLED TO PER DIEM OF 4-1/2 DAYS AT $16 OR $72. YOU ARE ONLY ENTITLED TO COST OF TRAVEL BY DIRECT ROUTE WHICH COULD ONLY BE MADE BY AIR AT A COST OF $55 PLUS PER DIEM OF 1/4 DAY AT $18 OR $4.50. YOU ARE ENTITLED TO WHAT IT WOULD HAVE COST TO SHIP YOUR AUTOMOBILE DIRECT FROM MIAMI TO BELIZE.
B-165625, DEC. 27, 1968
TO MR. HARVEY T. CLEW:
YOUR LETTER OF OCTOBER 28, 1968, REQUESTS REVIEW OF SETTLEMENT DATED OCTOBER 16, 1968, WHICH DISALLOWED PART OF YOUR CLAIM FOR YOUR TRAVEL IN 1965 FROM CAPETOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, TO BELIZE, BRITISH HONDURAS, UNDER ORDERS WHICH AUTHORIZED LEAVE AT HADDAM, CONNECTICUT, AND CONSULTATION IN WASHINGTON, D.C., PRIOR TO HOME LEAVE.
YOUR ORIGINAL TRAVEL ORDER DATED JANUARY 21, 1965, AND AMENDMENT DATED MARCH 16, 1965, DID NOT AUTHORIZE THE TRANSPORTATION OF YOUR FOREIGN MAKE CAR. HOWEVER, YOUR ORDERS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED TO AUTHORIZE SUCH TRANSPORTATION AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE.
YOU LEFT CAPETOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, BY AIR FEBRUARY 23, 1965, FOR NEW YORK VIA FRANKFURT, GERMANY, AND LONDON, ENGLAND, ARRIVING IN NEW YORK FEBRUARY 27, 1965. INSTEAD OF REPORTING DIRECT TO WASHINGTON, D.C., AS DIRECTED, YOU PROCEEDED TO HADDAM, CONNECTICUT, AND REPORTED TO WASHINGTON, D.C., ON THE EVENING OF MARCH 1, 1965. THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE STATES THAT THE ROUTE TAKEN BY YOU IN RETURNING TO THE UNITED STATES IS PERMISSIBLE. THEREFORE, ON THE BASIS OF THE TRAVEL AS PERFORMED FROM CAPETOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, TO NEW YORK, AND REPORTING DIRECT TO WASHINGTON, D.C., TO PERFORM TEMPORARY DUTY FOR NINE DAYS, WE REGARD YOU AS ENTITLED TO THE $179 PER DIEM AS CLAIMED, PLUS $22.60 CONSTRUCTIVE AIR FARE FROM WASHINGTON, D.C., TO HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, AS CLAIMED.
FOR THE TRAVEL FROM HADDAM, CONNECTICUT, WE HAVE NOW DETERMINED YOU WERE ENTITLED TO MILEAGE AND PER DIEM FOR THE USE OF YOUR PRIVATELY OWNED AUTOMOBILE IN TRAVELING TO MIAMI, FLORIDA. ON THE BASIS OF TRAVELING 350 MILES PER DAY (SEE 6 FAM 145.4-2) YOU ARE ENTITLED TO PER DIEM OF 4-1/2 DAYS AT $16 OR $72, PLUS MILEAGE FOR 1,430 MILES AT 12 CENTS PER MILE OR $171.60. FROM MIAMI TO BELIZE, BRITISH HONDURAS, YOU ARE ONLY ENTITLED TO COST OF TRAVEL BY DIRECT ROUTE WHICH COULD ONLY BE MADE BY AIR AT A COST OF $55 PLUS PER DIEM OF 1/4 DAY AT $18 OR $4.50. IN ADDITION, YOU ARE ENTITLED TO WHAT IT WOULD HAVE COST TO SHIP YOUR AUTOMOBILE DIRECT FROM MIAMI TO BELIZE, WHICH WE HAVE ASCERTAINED TO BE $229.13. YOU ARE ALSO ENTITLED TO $17.50, THE COST OF MOVING YOUR HOUSEHOLD GOODS FROM DOCKSIDE TO YOUR QUARTERS IN BELIZE. THE TOTAL OF THE ABOVE IS $751.33. FROM THIS AMOUNT THERE IS TO BE DEDUCTED $225, THE COST OF TRANSPORTATION FURNISHED BY INDIRECT ROUTE FROM MIAMI TO BELIZE ON GOVERNMENT TRANSPORTATION REQUESTS NOS. L1,113,681 AND L1,113,682. ALSO THERE IS FOR DEDUCTION THE $165.10 ALLOWED IN OUR OFFICE SETTLEMENT OF OCTOBER 16, 1968.
IN VIEW OF THE FOREGOING, OUR CLAIMS DIVISION WILL ISSUE IN DUE COURSE A SETTLEMENT IN YOUR FAVOR IN THE AMOUNT OF $361.23.