A Bureau of Land Managment (BLM) authorized certifying officer requested an opinion as to the entitlement of a transferred employee to travel and subsistence expenses associated with the work he performed at his new duty station between the time he was notified of his transfer and the effective date of that transfer. GAO noted that agencies must settle such matters using the clearly stated regulat...

SUBSISTENCE - PER DIEM - TEMPORARY DUTY - AT PERMANENT POST DIGEST THIS OFFICE IS PRESENTED WITH A REQUEST TO DETERMINE WHETHER AN EMPLOYEE WHO PERFORMED TEMPORARY DUTY AT HIS NEWLY DESIGNATED PERMANENT DUTY STATION BETWEEN THE TIME HE WAS NOTIFIED OF HIS TRANSFER AND THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THAT TRANSFER MAY RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT OF PER DIEM AND THE TRAVEL EXPENSES. WE ARE REMANDING THE CASE TO THE...