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B-195651 1 (1980-07-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadikd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 7o THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION 1.4s OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20.548 FILE: B-195651 DATE: J 14, 19bO MATTER OF: Larry A. Clendinen DIGEST: Transferred employee claims miscella- neous expenses for taking down'and reinstalling ham radio antenna and ,hooking up icemqker and dishwasher. Employee is entitled to be reimbursed these expenses under para. 2-3.1b(l) of the Federal Travel Regulations which specifies [geimbursement of fees for disconnectin and connecting appliances and equipment. Employee may not be reimbursed for replacing certain incidental parts needed to reinstall antenna. / The question is whether a transferred employee may be reimbursed the actual costs of disassembling and rein- stalling a ham operator's shortwave radio antenna and hooking up a dishwasher and icemaker incident to a permanent change of duty station. As will be explained, the employee may be reimbursed his actual costs except for certain inci- dental replacement parts used in reinstalling the antenna. The question was submitted for an advance decision by Marie A. Bell, Authorized Certifying Officer, Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Washington, D.C., and concerns the claim of Larry A. Clendinen, an employee of the Bureau of Alconol, Tocacco and Firearms. Mr. Clendinen was transferred from San Diego, California, to Dayton, Ohio, and claimed miscellaneous expenses in connection with the transfer. The miscella- neous expenses were $135 to take down a ham radio antenna, $420.28 to reinstall the ham radio antenna, and $47.50 to install a dishwasher and icemaker. The agency reviewed the claimed miscellaneous expenses and determined that the expenses for the antenna were not reimbursable. The agency based its denial on the Federal Travel Regulations-(FTR), paras. 2-3.lb and 2-3.lc(13) (FPMR 101-7, May 1973). Specifically, the agency ruled,

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