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B-224043 1 (1987-05-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkwd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Office of the General Counsel B- 2 24043 May 5, 1987 Claude F. Pickelsimer, Jr. Director, Financial Management Office Centers for Disease Control Public Health Service Department of Health and Human Services Atlanta, Georgia 30333 Dear Mr. Pickelsimer: You submitted the travel voucher of Mr. Deane A. Johnson to the Claims Group of the General Accounting Office. Mr. Johnson claimed $4,462.50 covering real estate expenses incurred in connection with his relocation from Columbus, Ohio, to Salt Lake City, Utah, in October 1979. Following a protracted period of delay, we informally advised you in November 1986 that the reimbursement of transfer related real estate expenses under para. 2-6.3 of the Federal Travel Regulations (FPMR 101-7, May 1973) incorp by ref., 41 C.F.R. § 101-7.003 (1973) (FTR), requires documentary evidence that the residence sale has been finalized and actual expenses incurred. As initially filed with this Office the record presented for our review was lacking the necessary documenta- tion to satisfy the employee-claimant's burden to establish his right to payment in accordance with 4 C.F.R. Part 31. Following these discussions you contacted Mr. Johnson and advised him of his obligations and burden of proof with regard to supporting his claimed entitlement. On March 2, 1987, you forwarded to this Office a series of documents and analyses provided by Mr. Johnson. In view of this necessary administrative development, the claimant has now satisfactorily assembled the documentation required to substantiate the legal liability of the United States, and, consistent with the following brief analysis, we are advis- ing our Claims Group to make an expeditious final settlement of Mr. Johnson's claim. The record shows that Mr. Johnson was unable to sell his residence in Sunbury, Ohio, during the 1-year period following his transfer in October 1979. Therefore, in

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