[Request for Decision Concerning HHS Employee's Entitlement to Reimbursement for Lodging Expenses]

The Department of Health and Human Services requested a decision concerning an employee's entitlement to reimbursement for lodging in the vicinity of her official duty station during heavy snow and blizzard conditions. GAO held that the employee was not entitled to reimbursement for lodging at her official duty station regardless of the unusual conditions. Accordingly, the claim was denied.