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B-195808 1 (1980-04-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadidx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 6p DECISION FILE: B-195808 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WA SH IN GTON. 0 .0 . 2 05 4 8 DATE: April 7, 1980 MATTER OF: Hugh W. Arant DIGEST: Upon change of permanent station employee was authorized shipment of household goods and filed claim based on the commuted rate. Change in commuted rate had occurred before shipment but had not been communicated to the employee or to the responsible officials at his old duty station who quoted a higher commuted rate pre- viously in effect. No basis exists forbilow- ance of higher commuted rate for shipment of household goodsjafter the effective date of lower rate. The issue presented in this case upon an appeal of a settle- ment of our Claims Division is whether an employee who arranges shipment of household goods after receiving erroneous advice that the commuted rate was higher than the rate then in effect may be paid the higher rate. The answer is no. Mr. Hugh W. Arant, a civilian employee of the Department of the Air Force, was authorized to perform travel on a permanent change of station (PCS) from Kelly Air Force Base, Texas, to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, by orders dated December 15, 1977. His reporting date at his new station was January 16, 1978. Shipment of household goods was begun on January 3, 1978. Before departing the old station Mr. Arant was told by the Finance Officer that the commuted rate for shipment of household goods was $21.90 per hundred pounds .plus 30 cents additional allowance for the local metropolitan destination area for a total of $22.20. Based upon this information he made arrangements with Aero Mayflower Transit Co. to ship his household goods. When Mr. Arant filed his claim for reimbursement he was informed that a lower rate than that quoted by the Finance Officer at the old station had been in effect at the time of shipment and he was reimbursed at the lower rate. Mr. Arant submitted a claim for the difference since the higher figure was quoted to him before shipment was made. It also appears that the lower rate schedule had not been sent to Kelly AFB officials at the time the Finance Officer there had quoted the higher rate to Mr. Arant..

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