B-213530: Sep 30, 1985

A Drug Enforcement Administration official requested an opinion on whether the expenses incurred by a transferred employee, under a 60-day extension of temporary quarters subsistence expenses (TQSE), should be charged against the appropriation current in the fiscal year in which the travel was ordered. GAO has held that an agency should record the obligation against the appropriation current when...

B-213530: Nov 2, 1984

APPROPRIATIONS - FISCAL YEAR - AVAILABILITY BEYOND - TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES OF AN EMPLOYEE TRANSFERRED IN THE INTEREST OF THE GOVERNMENT MUST BE CHARGED AGAINST THE APPROPRIATION CURRENT WHEN VALID TRAVEL ORDERS ARE ISSUED. 1976 AND 35 COMP.GEN. 183 (1955) AND OTHER CASES INCONSISTENT WITH THIS DECISION ARE OVERRULED. THE OFFICIAL ASKS THAT THE RULE BE CHANGED SO...

B-213530: Sep 30, 1985

APPROPRIATIONS - FISCAL YEAR - AVAILABILITY BEYOND - TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES DUE TO EXTENSION OF UP TO 60 DAYS OF TEMPORARY QUARTERS SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES SHOULD BE CHARGED AGAINST THE APPROPRIATION CURRENT WHEN VALID TRAVEL ORDERS ARE ISSUED. REQUESTS OUR OPINION ON WHETHER THE EXPENSES INCURRED BY A TRANSFERRED EMPLOYEE UNDER A 60 DAY EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY QUARTE...

B-213530: Nov 2, 1984

A Department of Transportation official requested that: (1) GAO reconsider its precedents holding that reimbursable expenses of transferred employees must be obligated against the appropriation current when the employee incurs the expense; and (2) the rule be changed so that the obligation may be recorded against the appropriation current when the employee receives his transfer orders. Under the p...