B-206503: Nov 30, 1982

GAO was asked whether a Marine Corps officer was entitled to reimbursement for mileage as local or nonlocal travel for a round trip between a Marine Corps base and an air station since different rates of mileage are applicable to each type of travel. GAO found that the member's travel was properly characterized as local travel and the appropriate payment for mileage was therefore authorized. GAO w...

B-206503: Nov 30, 1982

IS TO BE CONSIDERED "LOCAL" TRAVEL SINCE THOSE PLACES HAVE BEEN REASONABLY DETERMINED BY THE CONCERNED MILITARY COMMAND AUTHORITIES TO BE IN THE SAME "LOCAL COMMUTING AREA.". REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE OFFICER'S USE OF HIS PRIVATELY OWNED VEHICLE IN MAKING THE TRIP IS THEREFORE TO BE PROVIDED IN A MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AT THE RATE PRESCRIBED FOR LOCAL TRAVEL. UNDER TEMPORARY DUTY ORDERS FOR PERIODS OF MORE...