B-234262: Jun 2, 1989

Are the type of duties normally handled on a temporary duty basis. The assignment is for a finite period. The cost to the government of the temporary duty assignment is less than a permanent change of station. DePiazza - Long-term Temporary Duty - Nature of Duties: This decision is in response to a request from the Department of the Navy concerning whether it must issue permanent change-of-station...

B-234262: Jun 2, 1989

The Navy requested a decision regarding whether it should permanently transfer an employee on a long-term temporary duty assignment rather than extending the assignment. GAO held that the Navy could extend the assignment, since the: (1) employee's expertise made his presence at a contractor site necessary; (2) contract was of a fixed duration; and (3) Navy reasonably determined that extending the...