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B-182643 1 (1975-02-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcen0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISID FILE: B-182 MATTER OF DIGEST: :1. THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL N -2J ). OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 A NT~ 9 1) . ~ 643 DATE: FEE 19 1975 : 2. Member may not be reimbursed for dependent travel or household goods shipping costs based upon erroneous information received from transportation personnel, since in the absence of specific statutory authority the United States is not liable for negligent or erroneous acts of its officers, agents, or employees committed in the performance of official duties. This action is in response to letter dated September 12, 1974, from Technical Sergeant Edward L. Hudson, Jr., USAF (Retired), in effect requesting reconsideration by tnis Office of a Transporta- tion and Claims Division, General Accounting Office, settlement dated July 3, 1974, wtiich disallowed his claim for reiubursement of costs incurred in the transportation of his dependents and for ship- ment of his household goods in July 1973, incident to his retirement from the United States Air Force, effective on September 1, 1974. The record shows that Sergeant hudson requested and received permission from the Traffic Management Officer, Seymiour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, on June 7, 1973, to rent a trailer or truck for the purpose of transporting his personal property, with tne understanding that reimbursement for expenses connected with this movement would be linited to actual costs incurred subject to a maximum of what tie Government would have paid had it arranged to transport these same goods. However, on Reimbursement for dependent travel and shipment of household goods - Technical Sergeant Edward L. Eudson, Jr., USAF (Retired) Member who transported his dependents and shipped his household goods at personal expense from Goldsboro, North Carolina, to Phenix City, Alabana, in July 1973 prior to his retirement on September 1, 1974i and issuance of retirement orders on October 25, 1973, is not entitled to reimbursement for dependent travel and for shipping costs. .4.. I .

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