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B-189463 1 (1977-11-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfie0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THU COMPTROLLER PMENRRAL 0ECIUION OF THU UNITED STATUE WANHJNG. ON, D.C. R 548 0' DATE:November 23, 1977 Costas Mountanos - Living quarters allowance DIGE'aT: Air Force e4ployee was locally hired for pooition in Athens, Greece, and was not eligible for living qurrters allowance (LQA). Respondirg .to agency-issued vacancy announcemeat, cmployee was selected for position at Aviano, Italy. Installation Staff Judge Advocate held transfer was not management-generated action, and em- ployee was not required to relocate as condition of employment within meaning of)Departmenc of State Standardized Regulations section 031.12c. That opinion app ars to be overly restrictive and case sh6id be referred to Hcadquarters, USAF, to determine whether LQA should be granted as a recruitment incentive under Air Force regulations. By a 'etter dated ,May 26, 1977, Captain C. R. Blauw, USAF, Acdounting and Finance Officer, United States Air Force, request'ed'our decision regarding a claim sub- witted 'by Mr. Costas Mountanos, an Air Force employee, for a living quarters allowance while employed at Aviano Air 3ase, Italy. Mr. Mountanos states that or. February 7, 1974, after a 3-month vacation with his f6mily in Greece, he was employed,1by the Air Force at Athens, Greece. Shortly after his employmont, he was officiatly informed that he was considered to be alocal hire and therefore ineligible for a foreign area living quarters allowance. Mr. Mountanos did not formally contest his statuz is a local hire because h3 was born in Greece and has relatives in that country. On April 23, 1975, the Air Base at Aviano, Italy, announced a vacancy fbr a budget analyqst, grade G9-56U-9 at that location. Mr. Mountanos applidd in response to the vacancy announcement and was selectled for the position. On June 17, 1975, travel ordYer number A-995 K II FILE: B-18946 MATTER OF: I 3

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