Board of Contract Appeals
                    General Services Administration
                         Washington, D.C. 20405
 
 
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                             June 22, 2000
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                            GSBCA 15288-TRAV
 
 
                      In the Matter of RAY DAMESEK
 
 
        Ray Damesek, Somis, CA, Claimant.
 
        Judy Hughes, Travel  Policy, Defense Finance  and Accounting
   Service, Columbus Center, Columbus, OH,  appearing for Department
   of Defense.
 
   BORWICK, Board Judge.
 
        Claimant,  a  civilian  employee of  the  Naval  Air Warfare
   Center, Weapons Division,  Point Mugu, California, filed  a claim
   at  this Board  contesting  the  agency's  refusal  to  reimburse
   claimant for $94 of incurred travel  expenses.  Claimant incurred
   the  expenses when, during official travel  to Chicago, he stayed
   the night at  a hotel near Los Angeles  International Airport, in
   order to make an early morning flight to Chicago.  
 
        After  the filing  of the  claim at  this Board,  the agency
   determined that  claimant was  entitled to  reimbursement of  the
   claimed expenses.  The agency requests "that you dismiss the case
   at this time as we have determined that we should have instructed
   the disbursing  officer to  pay the expenses  in question."   The
   agency  also states, "If you will return the claim to our office,
   we  will  forward it  to  the  employee's  settlement office  for
   immediate payment."   The agency is evidently willing  to pay the
   claim, thus making this matter moot.  This matter is dismissed as
   moot.   
 
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                                 ANTHONY S. BORWICK
                                 Board Judge