GAO was asked whether an employee of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) was entitled to per diem, actual subsistence, relocation expenses, and temporary quarters subsistence expenses. The employee was hired by BLM on September 21, 1978, with a duty station at Salt Lake City, Utah. He was initially given a 6-month temporary appointment. On March 22, 1979, he was given a 1-month temporary appointme...

IS ENTITLED TO PER DIEM AND ACTUAL SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES TO DATE OF PERMANENT CHANGE OF DUTY STATION TO DENVER SINCE EVIDENCE INDICATES SALT LAKE CITY WAS HIS PERMANENT DUTY STATION. RELOCATION EXPENSES INCURRED PRIOR TO DATE OF TRANSFER MAY NOT BE REIMBURSED SINCE THERE WAS NO ADMINISTRATIVE INTENTION TO TRANSFER EMPLOYEE BEFORE THAT DATE. EMPLOYEE IS NOT ENTITLED TO TEMPORARY QUARTERS SUBSISTENCE...