PROPOSED REVISIONS OF REGULATIONS(Sanitized) RE REIMBURSEMENT FOR USE OF TAXICABS FOR COMMUTING BY PERSONNEL TDY IN THE UNITED

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00780R001300040013-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 17, 2002
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: July 13, 1966
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Special Assistant to the Deputy Director far Support
SUBJECT Proposed Revisions of Re~zlatians HR e
Reimbursement for Use of Taxicabs for Commuting; by
Personnel TDY i.n the United States
1. This memorandum contains a recommendation in paragraph 6.
2. Agency regulations permit authorization for the use of taxica~as by
personnel for commuting between place of cadging and place of business when
on TDY. Justification for authorizing the use of taxis for communing between
place of lodging and place of business var:~es ,~restly between foreign said
domestic TDY locations. TDY travelers in foreign cities frequently ar~s un-
familiar with the city, its transportation facilities, the language of the
area, local conditions affecting personal safety, security, and sanite~tion.
As taxicab fares in most foreign cities are relatively low in cost, their
use in foreign cities far commuting between resielence and place of business
can be substantiated without difficulty. The same rationaJ.e cannot be applied
"across the board;` to personnel uerformin, TDY in the United States and specif-
ically those performing TDY at headquerte:rs, Commercial bus companies ?ervice
the headquarters Langley building with nearby counties of Virginia and Maryland,
and downtown Washington, D. C. Other headquarters buildings are also served
by commercial bus lines. The round trip -bus fare from Washington, D. C. to
Langley is eighty cents as opposed to the round trip taxi fare of approximately
X10.00 .
3. A standard policy has not been established for the application of this!
regulatory provision. Field installations and headquarters components are known
to apply varying standards when approving reimbl7xsement to personnel TDY in thee.
United States commuting between place of :Lodging and place of businesy.
j~. Agency regulations which permit the use of taxicabs between place of
lodging and place of business differ from (a) the Standardized Gove-rn~?ent Travel
Regulations (SG'It~), Section 3.~a, which provide that the use of taxicabs between
place of lodging and place of business must be authorized or approved as advan-
tageous to the Government, and (b) the Foreign Service Travel Regulations (FSTR},
Section 1~-lq, which limit reimbursement for use of taxicabs to between place of
lodging and place of business to outside file United States.
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5. The following proposed revisions of HR are intended to
develop greater equity in reimbursements to traver_ers an 'o effect ec~}namies
by establishing a more prudent policy (underlining; indicates additionsf cross-
hatching indicates deletions):
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"Use of taxicabs (including tips of 10 percent within CONUS oa~ in
accordance with local custom abroad) where an employee is on o~:'ficial
business:
(1} Between ,places of business exce t ~~s rovided in ~Ift
for metropolitan Washi~ton area trF~vel ;
(2} Between terminal and place of ZodgirEg or place of busine~~s;
(3) Between place of lodging and place of business outside ~~~
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In other }~,~~~ ~~ ~~'?~,]d~ cases whE~n an employee is awar~ from
his ost of dut r~i}~~~ Jd~+f specifically authorized or ai~proved
~~-~~}~~~~ ~'~j-~?~~~5}~ as adva~tageou:, to the Government . ~"
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6. It is recommended that the proz~osed revised paragraphs for Hl~
e published as they appea7~ in Sara,=~~a~h S above.
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