GAO was asked to determine whether three Marine Corps members who traveled by Government van on temporary duty may be paid per diem based on their actual period of travel. The disbursing officer suggested that this travel was unreasonable because the members took 2 days rather than 1 day to complete the trip. GAO found that the proposal that they should have performed the travel in 1 day would hav...

WHERE THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE TRAVEL DO NOT SHOW THAT IT WAS PERFORMED IN AN UNREASONABLE OR IMPRUDENT MANNER. WAS NOT UNREASONABLE MERELY BECAUSE IT PLACED THEM ON TRAVEL STATUS DURING MORNING MEALTIME. PROPOSAL THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE PERFORMED THE TRAVEL IN 1 DAY. WOULD HAVE IMPOSED AN UNREASONABLE TRAVEL REQUIREMENT. 2. THIS REQUEST WAS ASSIGNED CONTROL NUMBER 81-11 BY THE PER DIEM. IN THE MATT...