https://www.gao.gov/products/116034

B-202044: Aug 6, 1981

A GAO decision was requested as to the payment of claims for automobile damages incurred by three government employees during the New York City transit strike. The Military Personnel and Civilian Employees' Claims Act authorizes agencies to pay claims up to $15,000 for damages to, or loss of, personal property incident to an employee's service. A claim is allowable if the damage was not caused in...

https://www.gao.gov/products/457980

B-202044: Aug 6, 1981

ETC. - GOVERNMENT LIABILITY - COMMUTING TO WORK BY AUTO - TRANSIT STRIKE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WHO WERE INVOLVED IN ACCIDENTS WHILE COMMUTING TO AND FROM WORK DURING NEW YORK TRANSIT STRIKE DID NOT DAMAGE THEIR VEHICLES "INCIDENT TO SERVICE" AND CANNOT MAKE A CLAIM COGNIZABLE UNDER THE MILITARY PERSONNEL AND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES' ACT OF 1964. COMMUTING IS A PERSONAL EXPENSE WHICH IN THE ABSENCE OF EX...