A Department of Energy (DOE) employee claimed reimbursement for per diem and local transportation expenses incident to an extended temporary duty assignment. GAO held that DOE should reimburse the employee, because it properly extended his temporary duty assignment, despite the overall length of the assignment and the employee's subsequent permanent assignment to the same duty station. Accordingly...

CIVILIAN PERSONNEL - Travel - Temporary duty - Determination CIVILIAN PERSONNEL - Travel - Temporary duty - Per diem - Eligibility DIGEST: Whether an assignment to a particular station is temporary or permanent is a question of fact to be determined from the orders under which the assignment is made. Where his initial assignment was for 120 days. Du Val is entitled to per diem reimbursement for te...