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B-192105 1 (1979-05-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhfv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: )V.LER R THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION . OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, O.C. 2O548 FILE: B-1921 DATE: May 16, 1979 MATTER OF: Michael J. DeAngelis 'LReimbursernent of DIGEST: Air Traffic Controller requested and was granted reassignment from Houston, Texas, to Cleveland, Ohio, under FAA's Internal Placement Program, which is a voluntary, noncompetitive program. Employee claims relocation expenses on basis that he did not waive his entitlement, that his request for reassignment should not, by itself, be a basis for finding that transfer was for his convenience, and that vacancy existed under a Merit Promotion Plan announcement. Claim must be denied since employee requested transfer, FAA determined that transfer was for employee's convenience, and the employee was not authorized relocation expenses. This decision concerns the entitlement of Mr. Michael DeAngelis to relocation expenses incident to his transfer from Houston, Texas, to Cleveland, Ohio. O yo Mr. DeAngelis, an air traffic control specialist employed by the Federal Aviation Administration, requested and was granted a lateral reassignment from Houston, Texas, to the Cleveland Hopkins Air Traffic Control Tower. His request for reassignment and his appointment were under the provisions of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Internal Placement Program. That program is a voluntary, noncompetitive program by which employees may seek reassignment to other FAA positions at the same grade level for which they are qualified. No relocation expenses werp authorized for Mr. DeAngelis. ?C) 11 The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organizafion, on behalf of Mr. DeAngelis, argues that he did not accept as a condition of his selection to Cleveland Hopkins Tower the waiver of his entitlement to reimbursement for travel, real estate, or relocation expenses. He notes that the FAA's Internal Placement Handbook states that an employee's request for reassignment is not in itself a basis for determining that the transfer was.for the personal convience of the employee. It is further argued that he was selected for an existing Merit Promotion Plan vacancy.

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