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                         THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
DECISIONI              . OF  THE   UNITED STATES
                         WASHINGTON, O. C. 20548



FILE:  B-19538                    E: June 23, 1980

MATTER  OF:   Donald E. Cellemme - Relocation expense


DIGEST:


Air Force employee requested
transfer from Langley Air Force
Base, Virginia, to Robins Air
Force Base, Georgia, due to
desire to return to Georgia.
Air Force reports thatprior
to transfer employee understood
that transfer was to be at his
own expense.  Further, SF-50
effecting his reassignment to
Robins Air Force Base states
that transfer was at employee's
request.  These factors, taken
together, lead to inescapable
conclusion that employee initiated
and obtained transfer for his own
benefit.  Accordingly, transfer
was not in the interestof  the
Government and employee is not
entitled to travel and transporta-
tion expenses and applicable
allowances.


     The Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance
Committee has forwarded to us a request for our deci-  aCI
sion by the Air Force concerning the propriety of paying
the  relocation expenses of Mr. Donald E. Cellemme.
The Committee has assigned this matter PDTATAC Con-
trol No. 79-20.

     Mr. Cellemme, an employee of the Department
of the Air Force employed at Langley Air Force Base,
Virginia, as an Electronics Equipment Specialist,
GS-ll, submitted an application for a position as
Electronics Mechanic Foreman, WS-9 at Robins Air
Force Base, Georgia.  He was selected for the posi-
tion and reported to his new duty station on June 12,
1977.

     Incident to this transfer Mr. Cellemme requested
reimbursement from the Air Force of his relocation

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