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B-199185 1 (1980-09-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadiok0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 0.~ '~ THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL . OF THE UNITED STATES WAVASHINGTON; 0.C. 20548 FILE: B-199185 OATE.September 17, 1980 MATTER OF: .Walter M. Mangiacotti DIGEST: 1. Portion of Foreign Affairs Manual which au- thorizes shipment of foreign-made, foreign- purchased privately-owned vehicle (POV) to United States when it cannot legally be sold or disposed of at overseas post of assignment, is not applicable to employees.of FBI. 2. Government employee may not transport foreign- made, foreign-purchased POV from overseas post to United States under authority of 5 U.S.C. S 5727(b) or Federal Travel Regulations. An authorized certifying officer of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Justice, has submit- ted a travel vo her for $624.50 in favo of Walter M. Mangiacotti for reimbursement of expenses incurred in ship- ping his privately owned motor vehicle ( V) from Rome, Italy, to Washington, D.C., and requests a decision by our Office pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 82d (1976). Mr. Mangiacotti was officially transferred to the FBI Office of Legal Attache, American Embassy, Rome, Italy, in January 1978. At the time of transfer the claimant did not have a POV shipped. At his duty station in Rome, Mr. Mangiacotti purchased a Volkswagen from a fellow em- ployee who had imported the vehicle from Germany on a duty-free basis. The agency advises that experience of the office in Rome has shown that use of a POV by FBI personnel is absolutely essential for the performance of official duties, and Mr. Mangiacotti used his POV in the performance of his official duties. On December 14, 1979, claimant was officially ordered to transfer from Rome, Italy, to Washington, D.C. Claimant was advised that the POV could not be shipped to the new

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