B-198930: Apr 6, 1981

WAS AUTHORIZED REIMBURSEMENT OF ACTUAL SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES. RATE DECREASE IN FEBRUARY WAS CAUSED BY ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR ON PART OF EMBASSY IN FAILING TO FURNISH STATE DEPARTMENT WITH TIMELY INFORMATION OF CONCOMITANT PRICE INCREASES. PRIOR RATE IS DEEMED TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT THROUGH PERIOD OF TRAVEL AND EMPLOYEE IS ENTITLED TO REIMBURSEMENT OF ADDITIONAL SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES. HIS CONTENTION IS...

B-198930: Apr 6, 1981

An employee of the Agency for International Development appealed a Claims Division settlement which denied his claim for additional actual expense reimbursement incident to his temporary duty in Zaire. While he was on the temporary duty, the State Department reduced the reimbursement rate for Zaire. His contention was that, since State erroneously reduced the rate while he was on temporary assignm...