B-229151: Apr 14, 1988

CIVILIAN PERSONNEL - Travel - Temporary duty - Miscellaneous expenses - Reimbursement - Telephone calls DIGEST: An employee performing official travel overseas incurred expenses for several emergency telephone calls and a telegram all of which were personal to him. His claim for reimbursement of these expenses as a travel expense is denied. Which are statutorily authorized and have the force and e...

B-229151: Apr 14, 1988

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requested a decision regarding an employee's claim for reimbursement for personal telephone and telegraph expenses he incurred due to a family emergency that occurred while he was on temporary duty overseas. The claimant contended that: (1) NRC would have been authorized to reimburse him for round-trip travel expenses if he had gone home to deal with the sit...