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089656 1 (1975-09-25)

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           UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                     REGIONAL OFFICE
               SUITE 500. WASHINGTON BOULEVARD BUILDING
                       234 STATE STREET
                   DETROIT, MICHIGAN 48226
               011  r4SEP251T





Captain Harry H. Arnold
Director, Military Pay  Systems Division
Navy Accounting and Finance Center
Washington, D. C.

Dear Captain Arnold:

     As part of our continuing review of the Navy's
financial management system, we have examined selected
disbursing accounts to test the accuracy of payments
of quarters allowances  (BAQ) to single career members
when they change duty stations.

     Public Law 90-207, dated December 16, 1967,
authorizes payment of BAQ to  single career members during
periods of leave, travel time, proceed time and temporary
duty en route under change of station orders unless
quarters are assigned.  The law was enacted to provide
equal treatment for married and single members and was
implemented by paragraph 30211 of the Department of
Defense Military Pay and Allowances Entitlements
Manual.

     We detected problems in the administration of the
entitlement in our audits of disbursing officer's accounts
and reviews of recent Navy on-site administrative
examination reports.  Our findings indicate many members
may not be receiving the allowance.

     We tested the pay accounts of 125 single members who
performed temporary duty en route between duty stations
in fiscal year 1974.  Our sample included the pay accounts
of 71 members who were on temporary duty fitting out four
ships and 54 members who attended training courses.  As
shown in the appendix, 71 of the 125 members were not paid
BAQ for all or part of the period of their entitlement.
In the pay accounts of the 71 members we found 101 under-
payments totaling $9,006.

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