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B-212687 1 (1984-02-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlnu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: OECISION FILE: B-212687 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OP THE UNITED ETATES WASHINGTON. 0.C. 20548 DATE: February 22, 1984 MATTER OF: Carol S. Stanley - Relocation Expenses - Transfer for Employee's Convenience DIGEST: A transferred employee's entitlement to relocation expenses depends upon a de- termination that the transfer is not primarily for the convenience or benefit of the employee. Our Office will not disturb an agency determination unless it is clearly erroneous, arbitrary, or capricious. Thus, we sustain an agency determination to deny relocation expenses to an employee who transferred from Washington, D.C., to Coeburn, Virginia, where the agency determined that the transfer was for the employee's own convenience since she voluntarily transferred to a lower graded position which was not subject to the agency's merit promotion plan. The fact that she was competitively selected for the position does not overturn the agency determination. The issue in this decision is whether an employee's transfer was in the interest of the Government so that she may be reimbursed for relocation expenses in connection with the change of her permanent duty station. Under the analysis which follows, we hold that the employee's transfer must be characterized as being primarily for her own convenience or benefit. Therefore, the employee is not entitled to reimbursement for her relocation expenses. Mr. John R. Nienaber, an authorized certifying officer with the Department of Agriculture's (USDA), National Finance Center, requests an advance decision regarding whether Ms. Carol S. Stanley is entitled to reimbursement of relocation expenses incident to her transfer from Washington, D.C., to Coeburn, Virginia. The Forest Service has denied her claim on the basis that the relocation was primarily for the convenience of the employee and not in the interest of the Government. O 80q V714-7 ;L

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