B-194267: Sep 6, 1979

DIGEST: AN EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSFERRED FROM FLORIDA TO CONNECTICUT AND WAS AUTHORIZED USE OF HIS AUTOMOBILE. SINCE THE COST OF TRAVEL AS PERFORMED BY EMPLOYEE AND DEPENDENTS WAS LESS THAN IF THEY HAD DRIVEN THE ENTIRE DISTANCE. SINCE THEY COULD NOT HAVE USED AUTO-TRAIN WITHOUT THE AUTOMOBILE. HE WAS PROPERLY REIMBURSED TOTAL COST OF THE AUTO-TRAIN. 58 COMP.GEN. 249 (1979) AND B-186115. HAS REQUESTED...

B-194267: Sep 6, 1979

A decision was requested concerning the propriety of reimbursement to a federal employee for the cost of transporting his automobile by train pursuant to a permanent change of station. The employee drove the car part of the distance and had it transported the rest of the way, thereby saving the government money, since to drive the entire distance would have cost more. Since he could not have used...