United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao_comptroller_general legislative 2016-06-23 U.S. Government Publishing Office 1996-10-02 monographic deposited born digital 5 p. GA 1.13:B-257926.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-257926-2 P0b002ee18fd454cd f:2579262 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-257926-2 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-257926-2 B-257926.2 Comptroller General Decision

1. An employee of the Department of State owns a residence at his permanent duty station in Washington, D.C., and also owns a residence in Geneva, Switzerland. Whenever he performed temporary duty travel to Geneva, he occupied the residence there. He is entitled to transportation to and from Geneva, and the meals and incidental expenses portion of per diem, but not the lodging portion of per diem where he did not incur any lodging costs in excess of the usual expenses of maintaining his residence there.<p/>2. An individual employed as a contract interpreter by the Department of State on an as required basis has no official station other than her residence. Therefore, for the purposes of the Federal Travel Regulation, currently 41 C.F.R. sec. 301-1.3(c)(4) (1995), her residence at the time she received an assignment is the equivalent of her official station.<p/>3. An individual employed as a contract interpreter by the Department of State on an as required basis owns a residence in the Washington, D.C., area, and also owns a residence in Geneva, Switzerland. When she performed an assignment in Geneva, she occupied the residence there. When assigned to Geneva while residing in the Washington, D.C., area, she is entitled to transportation to and from Geneva, the meals and incidental expenses portion of per diem, but not the lodging portion of per diem where she did not incur any lodging costs in excess of the usual expenses of maintaining the residence there. However, when she was living at her residence in Geneva upon receiving an assignment, her Geneva residence became her official station for the purpose of that assignment; therefore, she is not entitled to per diem while on that assignment in Geneva nor to any transportation at government expense between Geneva and Washington at the completion of that Geneva assignment. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-257926-2/html/GAOREPORTS-B-257926-2.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-257926-2/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-257926-2.pdf GAO/B-257926.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-257926-2 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-257926.2; Dimitri & Eugenia Arensburger-Temporary Duty-Overseas; Title 5 Section 5702 5 U.S.C. 5702 Volume 99 Page 1756 99 Stat. 1756 Public Law 99-234