B-223828: Jun 15, 1987

CIVILIAN PERSONNEL - TRAVEL - ACTUAL SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES - REIMBURSEMENT - AMOUNT DETERMINATION DIGEST: AN EMPLOYEE ON TEMPORARY DUTY (TDY) IN A HIGH RATE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA IN WHICH HE WAS AUTHORIZED UP TO $75 A DAY FOR SUBSISTENCE. EMPLOYEES AUTHORIZED ACTUAL SUBSISTENCE ARE TO BE REIMBURSED ONLY FOR COSTS THEY ACTUALLY INCUR AND. IS LIMITED TO HIS ACTUAL EXPENSES. THIS AMOUNT IS THEN COMBINED W...

B-223828: Jun 15, 1987

The Department of Commerce requested a decision regarding an employee's claim for travel and transportation expenses incident to his temporary duty. The claimant contended that, although he traveled in his own vehicle and stayed with a relative, he was entitled to reimbursement for the full amount of his subsistence expenses. GAO held that the agency properly limited his reimbursement to the actua...