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THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
DECISION ~OF THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, O.C. 20548
FILE: B-194024 DATE: October 5, 1979
MATTER OF: Robert L. Reynolds 7(Entitlement to Living
Quarters Allowance]
DIGEST; Air Force determined properly that employee
was a local hire for position in Berlin. He
applied for a listed vacancy at Camp New
Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Incident to his
selection and resulting transfer he claims
entitlement to living quarters allowance (LQA).
Where Headquarters, USAF and Department of
Defense have determined that transfer was not
a management generated action or request
under applicable regulations there is no
basis for entitlement to LQA.
By letter of November 12, 1978, Mr. Robert L. Reynolds,
a civilian employee of the Department of the Air Force,
appealed the disallowance by our Claims Division on
November 6, 1978, of claims for a living Quarters
Allowance (LQA) while he was employed at Camp New
Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Mr. Reynolds states that he enrolled at the Free
University in Berlin in October of 1972, in order to
pursue his doctorate. Possibly his enrollment at the
Free University was related to his being considered
for grants administered by the United Nations Institute
of International Education. On March 25, 1974, he received
an overseas limited appointment not to exceed June 24,
1977, as a Guidance Counselor, GS-9, with the Air Force
in Berlin. The agency determined that he was ineligible
to receive LQA on the basis that he was a local hire.
On September 1, 1974, he gained career-conditional status
and was converted to a career-conditional appointee.
He applied for a listed position vacancy and was selected
under a merit promotion certificate for the position
of Education Services Officer, GS-ll, at Camp New Amsterdam,
the Netherlands. He was transferred effective on
April 4, 1975, and he remained on duty there until he
.entered on a leave-without-pay status on January 31,
1977.
Mr. Reynolds claims LQA during the period he was
stationed at Camp New Amsterdam. The agency and our Claims](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobadhqv0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)