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 1996-12-17 monographic deposited born digital 8 p. GA 1.13:B-275365 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-275365 P0b002ee18fd47357 f:275365 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-275365 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-275365 B-275365 Comptroller General Decision

1. Although there may be instances in which attending the funeral of the child of a coworker may be official business, the determination that it is official may only be made by the head of an agency or someone to whom the authority to make the determination has been delegated. Therefore, a Central Intelligence Agency official who made the decision to attend a funeral without seeking official approval had no authority to use a government vehicle to attend the funeral.<p/>2. The Central Intelligence Agency, rather than this Office, must determine whether an official's unauthorized use of a government vehicle was "willful," and thus carries a minimum 30-day suspension from duty under 31 U.S.C. sec. 1349. To be willful, the official's use must either be with actual knowledge that the use would be considered unauthorized or made in reckless disregard as to whether or not it was authorized. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-275365/html/GAOREPORTS-B-275365.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-275365/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-275365.pdf GAO/B-275365 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-275365 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-275365; Central Intelligence Agency--Use of Government Vehicle to; Title 31 Section 1344(a)(1) Title 31 Section 1349 Title 31 Section 1349(b) 31 U.S.C. 1344(a)(1) 31 U.S.C. 1349 31 U.S.C. 1349(b)