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B-171056 1 (1976-08-25)

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                           NQ THE  COMPTRO ER GENERAL
   -~  -DECSION   ~  2.OF          THE    UNITED3 STATES
         DEHIGT                               N ON.204




         FILE:DATE: pU 2 51976

     MATTE OF:George  R. Hialpin - Waiver of overpayment of salary


     OIGEST:   r issuh     under 5 U.S.C. 55,t4 where etqn;Aoyce
          vho was trtnsferred to tegency heaquorters ctntinued
          to receive. ;.'ayvents for 6C~b!UnictLrnL-Ve1.y UaCoatroU3&blC.
          overtime CAWO) -,*-ch tves r. lctiger ziutho rized. 1-,Ilvr
          is &raatcid for overpr.iact where ei.%Aohyce uotiied
          sudervis-r ond -Persornnel of &,ice rnd vas &dvised that1
          payiaerxts were proper. It does not er-pear that +-uployeo
          0hould have knot-r AUO terrainated upon tr-asfer to
          heeadcuarterz nor does It Pppear- t.t:cioe   acced
          up-reasonaably in relying up.on erroneous n,,to
        - provided by officials ht.- presumed i, erenm deb.


     Thia action is in rcs,1-o-na toj the aper;;!. of Ixr. Gceorrg R. Ia-iri
of  the do crri inati::n of our- Tiran.,,rtcati.n -A-d Cltaims DVAisior, (nuv,
     Clam~ lv~Io),datcd Februar'y 2,), 1973, akyn cva~vco' o.
crrocous   vrr ~  et   c.f*vrtv~  pli urt~cr 11.Le provicionis of
5 U.S.C. 55304(l7)

     The record indicaL -s th-:.t Er. !-Ijoln, an yr ye of the
!Dureau of 1-arcotics mad Dahngerous De~ugs (iDD i ow the Drug Dnforcc-
P~ant. Adir5s Lra Lion (),wzas asndto t-,e L:u-   ADiezo 01itrict
Office and w-- autliorized and paid a~iituioyuncontr~illabl.e
ovortiiae (1AUO) under 5 U.S.C. 5545 (l7.,(n  /K-ril 1, 1971, the
cmployce was Promoted rind transierrt-d to DEA Headquarters in
Wshingt-o,  D.C.  U-)ou receiving his first pa5%;h.ck while statio ncd
in Washingtou, D.C., Mr. Hial pin staites that he oted an overpayiuent
with regards to the ovcrtime and that he so advised his supe rvisar.
At his supervisor's direction, the employee brou 'h-1  the matter to
the attentlon of the Personnel Ms-ngc~cnt Division. Hie was there
advised tha-t the overtime paymevt wp.2 correct and that he would
ofprobably receive ovcrtime for the rem~aining quarter (ending June 31).
After notin- that the overtime payraents had continued 0.iter July 1.1
1971, hie agnin questioned the correctness of the payments. At that
titae it was discovered that AU0 had erro~neously beea paid sinte th'e
WlNDD Ad-ministraLlve Ylaau.1 speciically provided Ehat such payment~s
were to cease upon an employee's transfer to Headquarters in
Washington, D.C** The rosulting overpayment was in the amount of
$794.88.


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