https://www.gao.gov/products/407457

B-260999: Oct 17, 1996

The employee's transportation expenses incurred by commuting from the suburb to the temporary duty station may be set off against the $200 advance in an amount not to exceed the expenses to which the employee would have been entitled had she obtained lodging in the high cost area. DECISION This advance decision is made at the request of Ms. Her transportation expenses incurred by commuting from th...

https://www.gao.gov/products/157703

B-260999: Oct 17, 1996

An Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) employee claimed reimbursement for noncommercial lodging and transportation expenses to offset the balance of her travel advance which EEOC was trying to collect. GAO held that: (1) the employee's claim was not subject to the 6-year filing limitation, since it was submitted in defense of EEOC efforts to recoup her travel advance; (2) EEOC reimburse...