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B-181632 1 (1975-02-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcfe0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 0A.LER r,- THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES WA SH IN GTO N. D.C. 20548 FEB 12 975 FILE: DATE: B-181632 MATTER OF: Lawrence J. McCarren Overtime Compensation Claim DIGEST: Where former GSA employee seeks overtime compensation for 40 hours allegedly worked on 5 separate Saturdays, 8 hours each, which is in addition to overtime already claimed to have been worked on Saturdays in question and for which compensation has been made, and only evidence to support claim is list of hours worked, settlement disallowing claim is sustained since mere listing of time worked is of insufficient probative value to pernit payment of claim. Where claim is of doubtful validity due to lack of suitable evidence, our practice is to deny claim and leave claimant to remedy in court. Lontwill v. United States 17 Ct. Cl. 288 (1831). This matter is a reconsideration of the action by our Transportation and Claims Division which by Settlement Certificate dated April 15, 1974, disallowed the claim of Mr. Lawrence J. McCarren, a former er:2- ployee of the General Services Administration (GSA), for overtine con- pens-tio n allaedly earned :il assned to uty with tha 0ffic f Emergency Preparedness (now Federal Disaster Assistance AdrIinistra- tion) from July l972, until Octobr 1972, in the amburg, Penasylvania, area. Mr. IMcCarren who is a mechanical eng.ineer, was a mem.ber of the Civil Defense Darage Assessment Team, Region-2 of CSA and during the period of July 1972, until October 1972, he was assined first to the Nilkes-Barre, and the-n to the Emburg, Pcnnsylvania, area in the H'urricenc s Fo-l Dis7ctnr Area under the diroction of the Office of Enercfenncy Preparedness (OEP). During this period, Mr. McCarren all.ezo taC no workd consii0racle overLinie at the direction aind approval of various officials both of OEP and GSA. On June 9, 1973, Mr. M0cCarren submitted corrected time cards claiming 52 hours overtime, and on June 15, 1973, a check was issued to him for 50 of those 52 hours. By letter dated July 11, 1973, - 1 -

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