B-168637, SEP. 15, 1970
Highlights
TO AN EMPLOYEE SUSTAINING ADMINISTRATIVE SETTLEMENT DISALLOWING CLAIM FOR MILEAGE WHEN HE USED HIS OWN PRIVATE AUTOMOBILE TO ACCOMPLISH THE TRAVEL FROM HOME TO THE TEMPORARY DUTY STATION ON BASIS OF CONSTRUCTIVE COST OF COMMERCIAL RENTAL OF AUTO AND FOR PER DIEM WAS PROPER. NO PAYMENT WAS NECESSARY. PARRAN: WE HAVE REVIEWED CAREFULLY YOUR LETTER OF AUGUST 27. SINCE YOU AGAIN RAISE THE ISSUE OF THE ENFORCED USE OF YOUR PRIVATELY OWNED AUTOMOBILE TO ACCOMPLISH THE TEMPORARY DUTY TO WHICH YOU WERE ASSIGNED WE OFFER OUR COMMENT THAT PERHAPS THE BEST MEANS OF DISPOSING OF THIS QUESTION WOULD BE BY THE INITIATION OF A FORMAL GRIEVANCE PROCEEDING WITHIN YOUR AGENCY. THIS IS NOT A MATTER OVER WHICH THIS OFFICE HAS ANY JURISDICTION.
B-168637, SEP. 15, 1970
CIVIL PAY - TEMPORARY DUTY - MILEAGE AND PER DIEM ADVISING THAT THE DECISION DATED JULY 15, 1970, TO AN EMPLOYEE SUSTAINING ADMINISTRATIVE SETTLEMENT DISALLOWING CLAIM FOR MILEAGE WHEN HE USED HIS OWN PRIVATE AUTOMOBILE TO ACCOMPLISH THE TRAVEL FROM HOME TO THE TEMPORARY DUTY STATION ON BASIS OF CONSTRUCTIVE COST OF COMMERCIAL RENTAL OF AUTO AND FOR PER DIEM WAS PROPER, AND FURTHER, SINCE THE AGENCY DID NOT AUTHORIZE NOR APPROVE PER DIEM, NO PAYMENT WAS NECESSARY.
TO MR. REUBEN B. PARRAN:
WE HAVE REVIEWED CAREFULLY YOUR LETTER OF AUGUST 27, 1970, AND OUR PREVIOUS LETTERS TO YOU OF JULY 15 AND MAY 8, 1970, AND OUR LETTER TO MR. GEORGE R. BOSS OF FEBRUARY 18, 1970. WE BELIEVE EACH OF THE MATTERS DISCUSSED IN YOUR MOST RECENT COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY EXAMINED AND WE FIND NOTHING IN IT TO CHANGE OUR DECISION ON YOUR CLAIM, AS STATED IN OUR LETTER OF JULY 15, 1970.
HOWEVER, SINCE YOU AGAIN RAISE THE ISSUE OF THE ENFORCED USE OF YOUR PRIVATELY OWNED AUTOMOBILE TO ACCOMPLISH THE TEMPORARY DUTY TO WHICH YOU WERE ASSIGNED WE OFFER OUR COMMENT THAT PERHAPS THE BEST MEANS OF DISPOSING OF THIS QUESTION WOULD BE BY THE INITIATION OF A FORMAL GRIEVANCE PROCEEDING WITHIN YOUR AGENCY. AS WE STATED IN OUR LETTER TO MR. BOSS, THIS IS NOT A MATTER OVER WHICH THIS OFFICE HAS ANY JURISDICTION.