B-190070: Dec 16, 1977

ARMY DENIED CLAIM FOR TAXI FARES BECAUSE GOVERNMENT BUS SERVICE WAS AVAILABLE AND 8TH ARMY REGULATION DID NOT ALLOW REIMBURSEMENT FOR COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION WHEN GOVERNMENT TRANSPORTATION WAS AVAILABLE. EMPLOYEE CLAIMED THERE WAS NO RELIABLE BUS SERVICE. WHERE THERE IS IRRECONCILABLE DISPUTE OF FACT BETWEEN AGENCY AND EMPLOYEE. AS THER IS IRRECONCILABLE CONFLICT BETWEEN AGENCY AND EMPLOYEE VERS...

B-190070: Dec 16, 1977

An employee appealed the denial of his claim for the cost of taxi fares incurred incident to travel to and from a Korean Air Force Base. The claim was denied because Government transportation was available, and commercial travel is not authorized in such cases. The employee claimed there was no reliable bus service. Since there was a dispute of fact which could not be resolved without an adversary...