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B-195106 1 (1979-07-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjir0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAQ. ...... United Staes General Accounting Office Ollce of Washington, DC 20548 General Counsel ul 1r2 1'99 In Ieply rterer to: B.-19510( /0, Mr, Paul' If.Tay lor Fiscal Assistant Secretary Department of the Treasury ir'4 Dear PW Taylor: Your letter of Jtwe 4, Mj(mafiwfo,4 r elief f rom liab ility fcr4Th,-Robertr-Pacheco f or tho', incontitctayinQ of $3,594,33 of Government funds from the Chicago Disbursing Conar..j Mr. Pacheco ias the Director of thc Chicago Diburaing Center wheiu t44 //,7 the loss occurred, We agrete that Mr. Pacheco should be granted-relief. 31 U,S3,0, § 82a-2(a) (1976) provides the bauis for granting relief to a disbursing officer for the incorrect payment of Government funds: Whetever (1) any deficiehcy exists or occurs in the offic$l disbursing accountt', of any disbufting officer or 'ormer disbursing officer of any department, agency, orfindependent establishmat of the GoVernment in consequence of the makingof.any illegal, Improper, or incorrect payment, and (2)'\the Cnp'ptroller Gerneral or any offi;er of the GeneralAccountig Office desig- i nated by th~i Comptroller General determ2-.es, upon his own notion or upon written findings and vrconmendations madt,'by the \ead of the department, agency, or indepen- det establiihment concerned,, or his desigih'es for that purpose\ that such payment was not thk r esult of bad faith or lack of due care *on the part of Vuch dis- bursing officer, the Comptroller General or ht,.designee is authorized in his discretion to relieve suchdAis- bursing officer of accountability and responsibility, and allow credit in his official disbursing accounts, for uch deficiency. Such relief may be denied in , any case in which the Comptroller General or his a4s, ignee determines that the department, agency, or inde. pendent establishment concerned has not diligently pursued collection action in accordance with procedures prescribed by the Comptroller General. : O(

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