B-198824:
Jan 23, 1981
An employee of the Department of Energy (DOE) on official business in Vienna, Austria, locked the key in his hotel room on the day he was scheduled to return to the United States. The hotel would not release him until he paid a fee for locking his key in his room. The employee paid the fee and claimed reimbursement. The claim was disallowed by DOE on the basis that the fee was not essential to the...