B-212649: Oct 31, 1983

DIGEST: REIMBURSEMENT OF TEMPORARY QUARTERS SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES OF TRANSFERRED EMPLOYEE IS STATUTORILY LIMITED TO 30 DAYS. TRANSFERRED EMPLOYEE MAY NOT BE PAID THE ALLOWANCE FOR 60 DAYS ON THE BASIS THAT SHE WAS GIVEN ERRONEOUS ADVICE THAT THE LONGER PERIOD FOR TEMPORARY QUARTERS SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES COULD BE ALLOWED IN HER CASE. CARPENTER: THE QUESTION IN THIS CASE IS WHETHER A TRANSFERRED FEDER...

B-212649: Oct 31, 1983

A Department of the Treasury accounting officer asked whether a transferred Federal employee could be reimbursed a subsistence allowance for 60 days while occupying temporary quarters at her new duty station. The employee's travel authorization provided for 60 days of temporary quarters allowance and the employee filed a travel claim for reimbursement of her expenses for that period. However, sinc...