federal bureaucrats, frequent fliers?
Declan McCullagh
declan at well.com
Mon Sep 10 17:33:40 PDT 2001
Somehow this just seems really wrong...
3. Frequent flier legislation passes Senate committee By Tanya N. Ballard
An amendment to the Defense authorization bill (S. 1155) allowing military
personnel and federal workers to keep the frequent flier miles they earn
while traveling on the government's dime, was approved by the Senate Armed
Services Committee Friday. Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman
Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., sponsored the amendment along with Sen. John
Warner, R-Va. In August Warner introduced S. 1369, a Senate bill that would
have extended the benefit to federal employees. The Defense authorization
amendment would allow military personnel, foreign service members, their
families and others who travel on official government business to keep
their frequent flier miles. "Soldiers, sailors, pilots, and Marines are on
call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, prepared to go into harm's way,"
Lieberman explained. "Letting them take advantage of frequent flier
programs--which cost the taxpayer absolutely nothing--is a small gesture,
but one that can mean a lot for morale." The Federal Acquisition
Streamlining Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-355) prohibits federal employees
from accepting promotional items they receive while traveling at government
expense. Those items included frequent flier miles, upgrades and access to
carrier clubs or facilities. Full story:
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0901/091001t1.htm
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