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B-186162 1 (1976-09-20)

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                          o  THE  COMPTROLLER GENERAL
DECISIN .                    OF   THE UNITEO STATES
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 2054B




FILE:   D-186162                    DATE:  SEP  2  1976      2Yc


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OF:   Beverley K. Hansen - New Appointee's Claim
      for Relocation Expenses

 Employee of Civil Aeronautics Board hired as
 new appointee to manpower shortage position
 in Washington, D.C., may not be reimbursed
 for expenses incurred while occupying tempo-
 rary quarters and miscellaneous expenses
 even though she was misinformed as to enti-
 tlement thereto through administrative error.
 Items are not listed in regulations as reim-
 bursable, reimbursement is specifically
 prohibited by paragraph 2-1.5f(4), Federal
 Travel Regulations (FMR 101-7) (May 1973),
 and Government cannot be bound beyond
 actual authority conferred upon its agents
 by statute or regulations.


     This action is in response to a request dated March 16, 1976,
by Ms. Kathleen L. Wareham, Authorized Certifying Officer, Civil
Aeronautics Board, for an advance decision as to whether she may
certify for payment a travel voucher submitted by Ms. Beverley K.
Hansen, an employee of the agency, in the amount of $548.24,
representing miscellaneous expenses and subsistence expenses while
occupying temporary quarters incurred incident to her travel as a
new appointee to a manpower shortage position in Washington, D.C.

     The pertinent facts and circumstances involved are stated in
the submission as follows:

               In October 1975, Ms. Hansen was hired
          as a Shortage Category Appointee from
          Los Angeles, California to our Washington,
          D.C. office. The travel was authorized
          under Travel Authorization number 279,
          dated October 2, 1975.

               At the time the travel was anticipated
          our Personnel Office did not inform the
          Office of Comptroller that Ms. Hansen was a


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