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B-196994 1 (1980-05-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadigc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 11 -7/)) P4 'w -Z- THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION . . OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549 FILE: B-196994 DATE: May 9, 19oU MATTER OF: DIGEST: Lieutenant Colonel Stanley M. Plies, USAF 1. The question whether and to what extent authorized weights have been exceeded in the shipment of household effects by members of the uniformed services is con- sidered to be a matter primarily for administrative determination and ordinarily will not be ques- tioned in the absence of evidence showing it to be clearly in error. 2. Where items shipped as professional books, papers and equipment are determined by the Air Force after shipment not to qualify as profes- sional material, the adrinistra- tive determination will not be questioned by this Office without evidence showing the determination to be clearly erroneous. The issues presented in this case upon an appeal of a settlement of our Claims Division are whether there has been a proper determination that authorized weights have been exceeded in the shipment of household effects and whether an administrative determination that certain items shipped as professional books, papers and equipment (PBP&E) do not qualify as professional materials was erroneous. In the absence of evidence showing the administrative determination as to weight shipped and classification of materials as not professional items to be clearly in error, the Gene.ral Accounting Office will not question the adminis- trative determination. Lieutenant Colonel Stanley M. Plies, USAF, was trans- ferred on a permanent change of station (PCS) from Clark Air Base (AB), Philippines, to Travis Air Force Base, Cali- fornia, by orders dated June 25, 1976. His household goods and unaccompanied baggage were shipped from the Philippines at the end of July 1976 and apparently arrived at destina- tion in late August 1976. Colonel Plies was originally *1 1

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