https://www.gao.gov/products/118798

B-206963: Jun 23, 1982

An advance decision was requested concerning the reimbursement of an employee who purchased a train ticket to replace an unserialized ticket issued on a Government Travel Request (GTR). While the employee was on her trip, the original return ticket and other personal items were stolen from her hotel room. She purchased another ticket to return home and, subsequently, filed a reimbursement voucher...

https://www.gao.gov/products/457889

B-206963: Jun 23, 1982

THE RETURN TICKET AND OTHER PERSONAL ITEMS WERE STOLEN FROM HER HOTEL ROOM. WE HOLD THAT WHERE THE EMPLOYEE PURCHASED A REPLACEMENT TRAIN TICKET WITH PERSONAL FUNDS BECAUSE THE UNSERIALIZED TICKET PREVIOUSLY ISSUED ON A GTR WAS STOLEN AND UNAVAILABLE THROUGH NO FAULT OF THE EMPLOYEE. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION - TRAVEL EXPENSES - THEFT OF TRAIN TICKET: THE ISSUE PRESENTED IS WHETHER AN EMPLOYEE...