B-201588: Mar 8, 1983

BASED ON NORMAL COST OF QUARTERS AND MEALS FURNISHED TO EMPLOYEES WAS UPHELD IN B-201588. ORIGINAL DECISION IS AFFIRMED SINCE $10 PER DIEM RATE WAS PRESCRIBED IN ACCORDANCE WITH JTR AND ADVANCE APPROVAL WAS UNNECESSARY SINCE PARAGRAPH C8101-3F IS ITSELF AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH SPECIFIC PER DIEM RATE. 2. BASED ON DETERMINATION THAT COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS WHICH PREPARE AND SERVE MEALS WERE UNAVAIL...

B-201588: Mar 8, 1983

In behalf of four Navy employees, a union representative requested reconsideration of a GAO decision which determined their payable per diem rate for a period during which they were at a temporary duty station. The representative took exception to the decision which upheld the validity of a Navy instruction prescribing a per diem rate other than that generally authorized under Joint Travel Regulat...

B-201588: Mar 25, 1981

SINCE DIRECTIVE WAS PROPERLY ISSUED PURSUANT TO 2 JTR PARA. 8101-3F. NOTATION ON AN EMPLOYEE'S OFFICIAL TRAVEL ORDER WHICH PURPORTS TO AUTHORIZE PAYMENT OF PER DIEM AT A HIGHER RATE THAN IS SPECIFIED BY THE APPLICABLE ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE IS INVALID AND CANNOT CREATE A LEGAL ENTITLEMENT TO ADDITIONAL PER DIEM BEYOND THE AMOUNT AUTHORIZED BY THAT DIRECTIVE. 2. PERSONS RECEIVING MONEY ERRONEOUSL...

B-201588: Mar 25, 1981

An advance decision was requested concerning the propriety of making payment on several thousand claims for additional travel allowances submitted by civilian employees who performed temporary duty at a Navy installation in the Bahamas. The employees recently learned that their travel orders may have authorized per diem allowances at a higher rate than amounts previously paid to them in accordance...