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B-228650 1 (1988-10-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadngg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 2058 Decision Robert S. McCandliss - Unhealthful Foreign Post - Matterof: Retroactive Designation File: B-228650 Date: October 26, 1988 DIGEST If adequate documentation is provided, the Secretary of State may retroactively designate Juba, Sudan, as an unhealthful post in order to allow an employee to receive extra service credit for retirement purposes since the post was not considered previously for such designation due to administrative error. DECISION The issue in this case is whether the Secretary of State may retroactively exercise his discretion to designate Juba, Sudan, as an unhealthful post in order to allow an employee of the Agency for International Development (AID) to receive extra service credit for retirement purposes. For the reasons stated below we hold that the designation may be made retroactively if AID provides documentation adequate for the Secretary to determine that the post was in fact unhealthful during the period in question. Mr. Robert S. McCandliss, an employee with AID, arrived in Juba, Sudan, in 1979 and began to receive the post differential payment designated for Juba at Section 920 of the Department of State Standardized Regulations (Government Civilians, Foreign Areas) (SR). Post differential payments are authorized under 5 U.S.C. S 5925 for employees at posts with environmental conditions which differ substantially from conditions of environment in the continental United States and warrant additional pay as a recruitment and retention incentive. Two months after his arrival in Juba, Mr. McCandliss executed a form by which he elected to receive extra service credit for retirement purposes in lieu of the post differential. Such credit is authorized by 22 U.S.C. 5 4057 when an employee serves at a post designated as unhealthful

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