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B-191136 1 (1978-06-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgde0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I FILE: B-191136 MATTER DIGEST: DATE: June 2 1978 OF: Michael Q. Adam. - ACTION (Peace Corps) - Loss of Personal Property Volunteer alleges Peace Corps failed to withdraw funds from his readjustment allow- ance for payment of insurance premiiim. His camera on which insurance had lapsed was stolen. He claims the value of the camera under the special authority granted ACTION by section 15(a) of Peace Corps Act. 22 U. S. C. § 2514(a), to reimburse volunteers for personal property losses. Evidence of agency's negli- gence is too doubtful to allow payment. More- over, volunteer's negligence substantially con- tributed to the loos, thus precluding payment under ACTION's own regulations. This decision is in-response to a letter of Jariuary 17, 1978. from Ms. Constanza Angotti, Authorized Certifying Officer, ACTION, requestirng our decision as to whether a voucher for $1, 281 may be paid to Mr. Michael Q. Adams, a Peace Corps volunteer, as reimbursement for the loss of a camera and related equipment stolen from him in Jinotepe, Nicaragua. The material submitted indicates that at tha time of his entry into the Peace Corps, Mr. Adams iniured his camera equipment for 1 year with the Farmers Uiiion Cooperative insurance Company of Omaha. The policy extended coverage tip to December 31, 1976. Mr. Adams alleges that in January 1976 he filled out and sent to the country desk a PC-10 form authorizing the Peace Corps to make a withdrawal from his readjustment allowance for the renewal premium and pay it to Farmers Union Cdoperative on or before December 31, 1976. Such withdrawals are provided for in the Peace Corps Manual, section 223, paragraph VI, which provides: A. In some instances, a Volunteer can request payment of certain, non-routine expenses from funds in the Readjustment Allowance account. These payments ('withdrawals') can be requested: I. When a singl payment is required, or when payments are required on an other-than-monthly basis; I b THE lCOMPTROLLEfl GENERAL DECISION op Tm uNrED r-r-rau .;W AB6H INQoT VN . D 4 U I. 6 r* V SN j I

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