[Claim for Additional Per Diem]

GAO reviewed the question of whether an Army employee, after completing temporary duty at the end of the working week, may properly delay his departure to his permanent duty station until the beginning of the next working week, consistent with the travel arrangements that had been made by the Army a month before, when that delay results in additional per diem. GAO held that, since the delay over a weekend enabled the employee to travel on a regularly scheduled workday and involved less than 2 additional days' per diem, the employee was not under an obligation to reschedule his return travel on a nonworkday. Accordingly, the voucher for the additional per diem may be submitted for payment.