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B-204372 1 (1982-02-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkbg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: / / I E C I 310N OF THU3 UNITMO WASH I N OTO No, 0t. o2054013 B-204372 MATTER OF: DATE; February 8, 1982 Steven A. Knutson - Claim for Goods - Erroneous Advice Household DIGEST: New employee appointed to position 4n Alaska disposed of portion of his house- hold goods and personail effects due to erroneous advice from agency personnel office that new employees bear the expense of transporting family and house- hold goods to Alaska, There is no legal basis upon which employee's claim for reimbursement for the goods may be author- ized, Also, the claim does not contain necessary elements of an extraordinary nature and of unusual legal liability or equity so as to warrant its submission to Congress under the Moritorious Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. S 236 (1976). The issue in this case is whether a new employee may be reimbursed for the cost of household goods which he sold or gave away when he was erroneously advised that the Govevnment does not pay the relocation expenses of a new employee hired for dul;y in Alaska, We hold that the claim may not properly be certified for payment, and we do not recommend that it; be submitted to Congress as a meritorious claim. The case was forwarded to this Office for a decision by Peter V. Larme, an authorized certifying officer of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture. On April 25, 1980, Steven A. Knutson, a resident of the State of Washington, accepted a position with the Chatham Area Forest Service in Sitka, Alaska. In two separate tele- phone conversations with the Chatham Area Personnel Office, Mr. Knutson raised the issue of the Forest Service paying for his family's relocation from Olympia, Washington to Sitka, Alaska. He was erroneously informed that new hires bear the expense of moving to Alaska. Based upon purchasedsa much of his this information, i van, trailer and household goods as Mr. Knutson sold his car cartop carrier to carry I possible, Due to the .-r GENERAL 8 TAT i3 S FILE; and as 'I

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