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B-l91393 1 (1978-05-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfzz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: TfH CCMPTRCLLRM GENBRAL DECISION y 4 OF THU UNITED ETATES' WASHINGTON. D.C. 20549 FILE: B-191391 DATE: May 11, 1978 MATTER OF:David L. Crpckett - Transportation Expanses, Reporting to First Duty Station U.S. - Short Disthnce Involved DIGEST: New appointee to shortage category position may not be paid moving expenses for short distance relocation of reridence since there was no reduced commutiing time or distance between residence and first duty station,. and no evidence of other circumstances show- ing'relocation was incident to appointment. This action responds to a request for an advance decision submitted by W. Smallets, Chief, Finance and Accounting, National Security Agency, concerning the claim of David L. Crockett in the amount of $76.80 for movement of househc1d goods. The matter was forwarded tb our Office by the Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance Committee PDTATAC Control No. 78-10. Mr. Crockett was appointed to serve in a manpower shortage position by the National Security Agency on February 14, 1977. His first duty station was Fort Meade, Maryland. When appointed, he resided in Langley Park, Maryland, approimately 15 miles from Fort Meade. On June 23, 1977, he reilocated his residence to New Car1-ollton, Maryland, and-moved his household goods there, approximately 10 miles from his former Langley Park residence. The New Carrollton address was 17 to 20 miles from Fort Meade. His new residence, then, was no more than 2 miles closer to, and may have been 1 mile further from, his first duty station than his old residence. The travel and transportation expenses of new appointees to manpoder shortage positions are allowable under 5 U.S.C. 5723, 5724 and regulations issued thereunder -- the Federal Travel Regulations (FTR) (FPMR 101-7, May 1973). The cited code provisions ard regu- lations are also administratively .mplemented in Volume 2 of the (2 JTR1, Joint Travel Regulations, which atplies to most civilian personnel in the various departments and agencies of the Department of Defense. Both the FTR and JTR set forth the types of travel and transportation allowances to which new appointees to manpower short- age positions are entitie.*&. For present purposes it is sufficient to point out that costs ?or transportation of household goods are one of the items allowable. Cf., FTR paragraph d-1.5f(3)(d); and 2 JTP. paragraph C8001-1 (Change 131, September 1, 1976). Since the JTRs are patterned after tie FTRs, which are the primary regulatory

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