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B-191772 1 (1978-12-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgsp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION FILE: B-191772 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. .C.aos5 e UN IT DATE: December 19, 1978 MATTER OF: Edward A. Mike - Waiver of overpayment DIGEST: Employee received excess salary payments fot-e two separte periods through agency adminis- trative error in computing his salary at GS-9 grade, rather than at GS-5 grade, but made no inquiry regarding sudden unexplained substantial increase in pay. Request for waiver of indebtedness is denied in view of the fact that the employee should have recog- nized that the substantial increases in his paywerenot proper and verified the correct- ness of salary payments. This action concerns the appeal of Mr. Edward A. Mike against the denial by our Claims Division of his application for waiver of the claim of the United States against him resulting from overpayments of his compensation in the amount of $3,824.90. The overpayments were made to Mr. Mike during the periods Novem- ber 24 through December 7, 1974, and from January 5 through September 13, 1975, incident to his employment with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior. 64IfI Mr. Mike provisions of by our Claims had applied for waiver of the claim under the 5 U.S.C. 5584, and such waiver request was denied Division on January 10, 1978. Mr. Mike was hired as a Teacher, grade GS-5, step 1 ($8,005 per annum) on September 3, 1974, by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, with his duty station at Stewart, Nevada. Thereafter, through administrative 'error, Mr. Mike's payroll record was erroneously changed to reflect a rate of pay four grades higher than he was entitled to receive, and was computed at the GS-9, step 1 rate ($12,167 per annum) for the period November 24 through Decem- ber 7, 1974. This initial error was detected by payroll, how- ever, a further administrative error occurred when the payroll computer processed the employee's salary rate at the GS-9, step 1 rate during the period from January 5 through Septem- ber 13, 1975. As a result of the foregoing administrative errors, the employee was overpaid $3,824.90. He was notified of the .

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