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B-189055 1 (1977-11-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfis0001 and id is 1 raw text is: N , TME COMPTROLLUN WIUNEAL -4 DECIUION . . OP THE UNITOE STATEU WASMINGTON. D.C. 205 4 UNIT)I at. .0 t DIGST: 19055 DATE: NovMber 30, 1977 : Clark Edwards - Cost of.,Living Allowances Civilian employee of U.S. Army stationed in Hawaii, whose cost of living allowance (COLA) is being phased 6ut based on 1976 survey by Civil Service Commission, claims backpay and restoration of alowance. Pursuant to 5-U.S.C S 5941 and Exedutive Order No. 10000, as amended, Commision has responsibility of admini iterin4'COLA, including establish Ig of proper rates of payment. Action takeIn was i-accordance wit regulations iss ued by the Commission at 5 C.F.R. 5 591.208 and 5 C.F.R. 5 591.213. Claim may not-be allowed. This decision concerns the request of Major D.E. king, an authorized finance and accounting officer of the Depart- ment of the Army, on the claim of Mr. Clark Edwards, a ci vilian employee of the U.S. Army rngineer Division at Fort Shatter, Hawaii,.for backpay from Che period December 12, 1976, to the&rdcen t, representing the phasing out and eventual discontinuance of his cost of living allowances (COLA). Mr. Edwards also requests restoration of his receipt of COLA. The record shois that Mr. Edwards resides in Kailua, Hawaiion the Island of Oahu. Mr. Edwards is entitled to Department of Defenar- commissary and .post exchange (PX) privileges. The'only linitation on these privileges is that Mr. Edwards is not entitled to purchase articles of the military uniform. On December 29, 1976,. Mr. Edward3 was informed by the U.S. Army Civilian Personnel'Office tJ'ut uider the Civil irvi6e CommisCion (Commission) standrds set forth in F~deral Personnel Manual (FPM) Letter No. 591-16, November 15, 1976 (see also FPM Letter No. 391-17, November 19, 1976), he would not be entitled to c~ntinued payments of COLA and that such payments would gradually be phased out in accordance with the Commission's instructions. 'I I i I FILE: B-1i MATTER OF I -ti (

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