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B-184948 1 (1975-11-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcsp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: o THE COMPTRO ER GENERAL DECISIGINl . ,OF THE UNITE 6TATES WASHINGTON, 0. C. 20548 FILE: DATE: NOV 1 8197 B-184948 MATTER OF: Donald K. Engstrom - Relocation Service Agreement DIGEST: Government employee executed service agreement incident to change of duty station by which he agreed to remain in Government service for 12 months subsequent to reporting at new duty station. After reporting employee requested leave without pay which was granted and later extended at employee's request beyond-expira* - tion of period of agreed service. Although employee was thereafter separated for abandon- ment of position, he is not liable to repay travel advance to extent funds were expended for compensable relocation costs since tirae in leave-without-pay status is considered Govern- ment service within meaning of 5 U.S.C. 1 5724(1) (1970). This concerns a request for a decision submitted by an authorized certified officer of the General Services Administration (GSA) as to whether he must require repayment of funds advanced in connection with the travol L f Mr. Donald M. Engstrom incident to a change of duty sta- tion, in the amount of $2,600. Specifically, we are asked to determine whether a leave-without-pay status of a Government employee will satisfy the requirement of a service agreement under which the employee under- took to remain in the Government service for a period of at least 12 months subsequent to reporting for duty at his new station. The record indicates that Mr. Engstrom was transferred by GSA from Chicago, Illinois, to Washington, D.C., effective October 29, 1972. In connection with this transfer Mr. Engstrom was issued a travel advance in the above amount to defray initial costs of relocation from Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, and that as a condition therefor, executed the ser- vice agreement (GSA Form 2255) mentioned above. He reported for duty at Washington, but because of imminent and serious personal problems and at his supervisor's suggestion, he requested and was granted leave without pay for a 6-month period, commencing March 23, 1973. His leave- without-pay status was later extended to December 22, 1973. He failed to resume his duties at that time or to respond to written communications, and on March 23, 1974, was separated from Government service for abandon- ment of his position. 0

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