An agency official requested a decision regarding the propriety of reimbursement for breakfasts consumed in a travel status by one of its employees. The employee, whose official duty station was in San Diego, California, was assigned to temporary duty in Los Angeles and was authorized actual subsistence expenses in lieu of per diem. Rather than travel to Los Angeles the previous night, he departed...

DIGEST: AN EMPLOYEE ASSIGNED TO TEMPORARY DUTY AND AUTHORIZED REIMBURSEMENT FOR ACTUAL SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES IS ORDINARILY EXPECTED TO EAT BREAKFAST AT HOME ON THE DAY OF DEPARTURE FROM HIS RESIDENCE. WHERE THE EMPLOYEE'S DEPARTURE IS AT SUCH AN EARLY MORNING HOUR THAT IT WOULD BE UNREASONABLE TO EXPECT HIM TO EAT BREAKFAST AT HOME. WHOSE OFFICIAL DUTY STATION IS SAN DIEGO. WAS ASSIGNED TO TEMPORAR...