B-182876: Sep 17, 1975

WAS SWORN IN AND TOLD TO REPORT 2 WEEKS LATER TO DALLAS. HE IS NOT ENTITLED TO CONSTRUCTIVE ROUND-TRIP TRAVEL BETWEEN WISCONSIN AND DALLAS. SINCE HE HAD NOT ENTERED ON DUTY PRIOR TO TRAINING AND EXPENSE OF TRAVEL FOR INTERVIEW PURPOSES AND OF REPORTING TO FIRST DUTY STATION ARE TO BE BORNE BY EMPLOYEE. THE $157.07 AMOUNT WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THAT VOUCHER REPRESENTS THE CONSTRUCTIVE COSTS. WOOTE...

B-182876: Sep 17, 1975

An advance decision was requested as to whether an employee, who traveled at his own expense from his home in Texas to Wisconsin for an interview and who, at the end of the interview, was sworn in and told to report in 2 weeks to Dallas, Texas, for training prior to entrance on duty in Wisconsin, was entitled to reimbursement for the constructive costs of the travel incident to the interview. The...