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B-193316 1 (1979-03-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgzn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION FILE: MATTE DIGEST: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL * . OF THE UNITED STATES WAS-HINGTON, 0. C. 20548 IXT~941 B-193316 DATE: March 1 R OF: vey=; a e 2Relocation expense 2, 1979 1. The words general local or metropolitan area as used in paragraph 2-1.5b(l) of the Federal Travel Regulations (FTR) are descriptive rather than restrictive. These are general criteria rather than fixed rules to be narrowly applied in all cases involving transfer between official stations which are relatively close to each other. Therefore, it does not follow that for relocation to be incident to transfer of duty station it must invariably result in less com- muting time and distance. 2. Where the old duty station and the new duty station are located 77 miles apart and the employee's residence from which he commuted daily 43 miles to the old station is located midway between the two stations, fact that employee chose to relocate to the new station rather than continue to commute 45 miles daily, does not preclude a determination that the relocation was incident to the transfer. This action is in response to a letter from H. Larry Jordan,7 o9 Authorized Certifying Officer, Department of Agriculture. Under 31 U.S.C. 82d (1976), he requests our decision as to whether a claim by Mr. Harvey Knowles for expenses incurred in connection with his transfer of station may be paid. Mr. Knowles, an employee of the Food and Nutrition Service of the Department of Agriculture w7as authorized to change his official duty station from Greensboro, North Carolina, to Raleigh, North Carolina. Travel Authorization No. 17-612-40, dated June 23, 1976, was issued for that purpose. At the time Mr. Knowles' offi- cial duty station was changed and apparently during the time his duty station was at Greensboro,'he resided in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Hillsborough is located almost equal distance between Greensboro and Raleigh. Greensboro is approximately 43 miles west of Hillsborough and Raleigh is approximately 45 miles

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