B-225921: Jun 12, 1987

CIVILIAN PERSONNEL - TRAVEL - TEMPORARY DUTY - TRAVEL EXPENSES - REIMBURSEMENT DIGEST: UPON ARRIVAL AT THE AIRPORT AN EMPLOYEE DISCOVERED THAT HIS TICKET WAS NOT WAITING FOR HIM BUT WAS AT HIS AGENCY TRAVEL OFFICE. MAY BE REIMBURSED WHEN RECEIPT OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF PURCHASE IS PROVIDED. AIRLINE TICKET PURCHASED WITH PERSONAL FUNDS: THE QUESTION PRESENTED IS WHETHER A FEDERAL EMPLOYEE TRAVELING ON...

B-225921: Jun 12, 1987

The Army requested a decision regarding an employee's entitlement to reimbursement for an airline ticket which he paid for with his personal funds. GAO noted that the employee's supervisor advised him to purchase the ticket after he discovered that there was no ticket for him at the airport, because the Army would have incurred a greater expense than the ticket cost if it had forfeited the trainin...