B-251142: Apr 21, 1993

Two employees of the National Security Agency (NSA) claimed entitlement to per diem for an authorized rest period which occurred prior to their taking a day of annual leave upon completion of an overseas temporary duty assignment. GAO held that: (1) NSA properly limited reimbursement of per diem for rest periods; and (2) failure to inform the employees that by taking annual leave they would forfei...

B-251142: Apr 21, 1993

Since it is Department of Defense policy to negate a rest period when taken in conjunction with annual leave. Reimbursement of per diem for the rest period is not authorized. DECISION This decision is in response to a request by Jay D. Their request for 1 day of annual leave on the return trip to the continental United States (CONUS) was informally approved. Cronk and Harden stopped in Hawaii for...