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B-198836 1 (1980-06-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjug0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE < WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL B-198836 June 26, 190 The Honorable Bob Bergland Secretary of Agriculture Dear Mr. Secretary: -S r This is in response to a letter from Mr. Dean K. Crowtheroi Director of Operations and Finance, requesting that Imprest Fund Cashier Sandra M. Halcos, emploed atEthe District Ranger's f Office of the-Eldorado Na-tonal Forest, Placerville, California, be relieved from liability for a loss of $1,818.51 from her ac- count. For the reasons that follow, relief is granted. 02 According to the record, the loss resulted from an apparent robbery at the District Ranger's Office, at some time between August 30 and September 4, 1979. Cashier Halcos discovered the loss as she opened her cash drawer at approximately 9:00 A.M., on September 4, 1979. When she noticed that her drawer had several pry marks on its edges and was slightly out of alignmen Ms. Halcos immediately contacted local police authorities. Sub- sequently, the theft was reported through administrative channe' to the United States Secret Service, the Federal Bureau of Inve. gation, and your Office of Inspector General. The Eldorado County Sheriff's Department investigation was inconclusive and A did not result in any arrests. The General Accounting Office (GAO) is authorized by 31 U.S.C. S 82a-1 (1976) to grant relief from liability to an ac- countable officer upon its concurrence with determinations by the department or agency head that (1) the loss or deficiency occurred while the officer or agent was acting in the discharge of his official duties, or that it occurred by reason of the act or omission of a subordinate of the officer or agent, and (2) the loss or deficiency occurred without fault or negligenc( on the part of the officer or agent. Based upon the incidents and investigative findings, your Department has made the requir( determinations. While there is a presumption that an accountable officer has been negligent in the loss of any funds for which he or she is responsible, it is rebuttable by evidence to the contrary. See, 54 Comp. Gen. 112, 115 (1974). We have previously granted relief to accountable officers where the evidence is clear that a theft took place and where an investigation has revealed no

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