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          THE   COMPTROLLER GENERAL
. ~OF THE UNITED STATES
           WASHINGTON. D. C. 20548
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-191143                DATE:  January 3 1979

OF:  Jimmie  A. Lewellen - hipment and Storage
     of Household Goods


DIGEST:   1. Incident to his disability retirement, household
             goods (HHG) of civilian employee of Department.
             of the Army were shipped to Ocala, Florida,
             from his last duty station in Hawaii. Employee
           -,claimed his HHG should have been shipped to
             Copperas Cove, TexasA  Wf9did not authorize
             shipment to Florida. Since travel orders and
             documents which' employee signed stated that
             Ocala was destination of HHG and in view of
             fact travel orders may not be retroactively.
           > modified once travel is perfor ed to-eh-ange
             t     pyes         t         nhea ot be reim-
             bursedVeosts of shipping HHG from Ocala to
             Copperas Cove.

          2.4mployee  claims his place of actual residence
             for purposes of determining transportation en-
             titlement on return from overseas appointment
           - was Ocala, Florida, where he had at one time
           -',Theen assigne Since'employee signed docu-
             ment upon being transferred overseas stating
             Copperas Cove,-T-exs, was his place of actual
             residence and swe-he lived in Copperas Cove <
             2 years prior to assignment oversease,
             -ne ay Armyd  Eproperly determined his place
             of residence as Copperas Cove.YArmy tievtes
             properly restricted reimbursement for HHG
             shipment tofost of shipping his HHG to
             Copperas Cove.

          3. Regulations entitleeparated employee returning
             from overseas to reimbursement for 60 days/
             temporary storage. Howieaeremployee  may
             nLbe  reimburse  for ost of 35 days of-torage
             at second place of temporary storageas'tovern-
             ment's liability ends when household goods are
             delivered to designated place. Costs associated
             with subsequent shipment of household goods are
             personalvte employee.

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