B-239887: Jan 25, 1991

A certifying officer for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, requests an advance decision whether Mr. Danny H. Breuninger, an employee of the Bureau, may be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred in attending the funeral service of a Bureau police officer who was killed in the line of duty. Mr. Breuninger, Director of the Indian Police Academy, was selected as the representa...

B-239887: Jan 25, 1991

CIVILIAN PERSONNEL - Travel - Travel expenses - Reimbursement - Official business - Determination CIVILIAN PERSONNEL - Travel - Travel regulations - Applicability Attendance at a funeral is not normally considered official business for which an agency may pay an employee's travel expenses. Where the head of the agency or his delegatee determines that there are circumstances relating to significant...