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AUnited States
G AOi General Accounting Office
Washington, D.C. 20548
Office of the General Counsel
B-257519
July II, 1995
Ms. Willie M. King
Director, Fincial Management Division
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Washington, DC 20507
Dear Ms. King:
This responds to Mr. Theodore E. Ravas, Jr.'s May 17, 1994, appeal of our Claims
Group's settlement Z-2869089, April 26, 1994, which sustained the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) denial of Mr. Ravas's claim for part
of a forfeited real estate earnest money deposit. Your office transmitted the appeal
here on May 20, 1994, and although we agree with our Claims Group that the record
presented does not allow reimbursement of Mr. Ravas's claim, for reasons explained
below, we are returning the matter to the EEOC for further consideration.
The record shows that Mr. Ravas went to Detroit, Michigan, from Washington, DC,
in October 1990, apparently on a temporary duty basis, to be the Acting Regional
Attorney. Effective May 5, 1991, Mr. Ravas was appointed to the GS-15 Regional
Attorney position in Detroit At that time, in the interest of the government, his
official duty station was transferred to Detroit. In October 1991, Mr. Ravas made a
$5,000 earnest money deposit on a house he contracted to buy in the Detroit area
However, in November 1991, after discussions with EEOC's General Counsel, he
was reassigned back to the Office of General Counsel in Washington to a GS-14
position, effective December 15, 1991. In a memorandum to Mr. Ravas dated
December 4, 1991, advising him of the reassignment, the Associate General Counsel
stated: [f]or the convenience and benefit of the Commission, we are granting your
request of November 21, 1991, that you be reassigned to Washington. The
Associate General Counsel also described it as a transfer for which we will
support a request that you be given PCS (permanent change of station). During the
period of his employment in Detroit, Mr. Ravas's family did not move to Detroit, but
remained in the family residence in the Washington area.
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