https://www.gao.gov/products/439694

B-208727: Jan 20, 1983

HE IS ENTITLED TO REIMBURSEMENT EVEN THOUGH HE DID NOT PERFORM OFFICIAL DUTY ON THAT DAY. SINCE HE BEGAN WORK MONDAY MORNING THE LODGINGS EXPENSES ON SUNDAY ARE INCIDENT TO OFFICIAL DUTY UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE TRAVEL. THE ISSUE PRESENTED IS WHETHER THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF DR. WAIT'S TRAVEL ARE SUCH THAT HE MAY BE REIMBURSED EVEN THOUGH HE DID NOT PERFORM OFFICIAL DUTY DURING THE DAY ON WHICH...

https://www.gao.gov/products/120405

B-208727: Jan 20, 1983

An authorized certifying officer with the National Park Service requested an advance decision concerning an employee's claim for reimbursement of lodging expenses incurred when he arrived at his temporary duty location on the evening prior to the start of the assignment. GAO held that, since his plan was to begin work in the morning and it was an 8-hour drive to his temporary duty station, the exp...