B-187419: Jun 1, 1977

AGENCY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINATION OF REASONABLENESS IN FIRST INSTANCE. WILLIAMS' ITEMIZATION OF EXPENSES STATES THAT ALL LUNCHES AND DINNERS WERE EATEN IN COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS. THE CERTIFYING OFFICER QUESTIONS THE REASONABLENESS OF THE AMOUNTS CLAIMED BECAUSE THE TWO OLDER CHILDREN WERE IN SCHOOL AND "PROBABLY HAD LUNCH THERE.". THE CERTIFYING OFFICER ALSO QUESTIONS THE $20 PER DAY PAID...

B-187419: Jun 1, 1977

An Authorized Certifying Officer, United States Marine Corps, requested a decision anent the reasonableness of the amounts claimed for subsistence expenses by a transferred employee while occupying temporary quarters with a relative. GAO agreed with agency that $26 a day for family's lodging and breakfasts paid to the relative and amounts for all other meals in restaurants were unreasonable. Emplo...