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B-190854 1 (1978-07-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgei0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION THE CCMPTROLLER GENERAL . .IOP THE UNITED STATEN WASHINGTON. V.C. 20545 FILE: B-190854 MATTER DIGEST: DATE: July 7, 1978 OF: Alfred A. Procopio - Travel expenses to pick up privately owned vehicle Travel expenses incurred by employee prior to September 1, 1976, to port of debarkation to reclaim privately owned vehicle are dis- allowed. There is no obligation on the Government to deliver a POV at any particu- lar time or to pay additional expenses caused by delay. When the expenses were incurred, 2 Joint Travel Regulations para. C7154-3 (change 117, July 1, 1975), expressly pro- hibited travel allowances for a separate trip to deliver or pick up a vehicle. Later change in regulations, effective Sept. 1, 1976, allowing such expenses is not retroactive. This decision concerns a letter dated October 21, 1977, from Hr. Alfred A. Procopio appealing a settlement by the Claims Division of this Office dated October 13, 3977. The settlement disallowed his claim for reimbursement of travel expenses and mileage incident to a trip from Abilene, Texas, to McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), Now Jersey, to reclaim his privately owned vehicle (POV) after hib return from Germany in August 1976. Mr. Procopio states that on July 9, 1976, in preparation for departure from his permanent duty station in Germany, he delivered hir automobile to Bremerhaven, Germany, for shipment to Bayonne, New Jersey. He claims that he was assured by the transportation officer at Bremerhaven that the car would be loaded on the S.S. Callahan which was scheduled to depart Bremerhaven on July 12, 1976, and to arrive in Bayonne on or about July 21, 1976. The employee was provided with documents necessary to authorize the Bell Transportation Company, Bayonnc, to secure the car from the S4S. Callahan and have it waiting for him at McGuire APRB on August 2, 1976. The permanent change of station (PCS) orders issued Lo Mr. Procopio authorized use of his POV an advantageous to the Government, contemplating delivery of the POV in Bayonne prior to nis own arrival and use of that POV for travel from Bayonne to Abilene, texas. Upon the employee's arrival at I I

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