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B-247573-O.M. 1 (1993-05-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrrg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: (3 United States General Accounting Office Memorandum Date: May 14, 1993 To. Director, Claims Group, GGD From: General Counsel - James F. Hinchman Subject: I B-247573-O.M. Attached is your claim file, Z-2862258, on the subject case. For the reasons stated below, we conclude that the claim should be denied, but that repayment of the erroneous travel advance (which covers almost the full amount of the claim) should be waived. , a civilian employee of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, claims reimbursement of lodging expenses in the amount of $210 incurred incident to attending a meeting at her permanent duty station in San Francisco, California. The Corps District Engineer had requested and another civilian employee to attend the 1989 Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Annual Meeting, held February 9-11 at a Holiday Inn in San Francisco, because the District was developing several earthquake response plans for the San Francisco Bay Area. The agency issued travel orders to , along with a $200 travel advance, authorizing her to stay overnight at a hotel during the meeting. This was based on an agency- approved request which stated that: (1) did not drive due to an uncorrectable sight condition (she is legally blind); (2) the meeting sessions were to start as early as 7 a.m. and end as late as 9 p.m.; and (3) it would be impossible for to arrive at the meeting site so early or obtain transportation to her home at night due to Operations Improvement