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B-200377 1 (1980-12-31)

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                   / ,.~THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
   DECISION     /.. OF THE UNITED STATES
                           WASHINGTON, D. C. 20548

                :I'  T~ fiVUNTA

   FILE: B-200377               DATE:   December 31, 1980

   MATTER  OF: Kalman Pater, Jr., - Shipment of household
               goods7

  DIGEST:      Employee had his household goods trans-
               ported by private independent trucker
               with 40-foot freight hauling trailer for
               which employee paid $1,610 in cash. Em-
               ployee submitted notarized statement of
               trucker attesting to shipment and also
               trucker's receipt for cash payment. In
               accordance with applicable provisions of
               the Federal Travel Regulations evidence
               submitted is not sufficient to establish
               constructive weight of goods for reimburse-
               ment on commuted rate basis, nor does it
               establish estimated weight approximating
               actual weight for reimbursement of actual
               expenses incurred.

     W. K. Dulin,(an authorized certifying officer at  $ULG
the Morgantown Energy Technology Center (METC), Depart-
ment of Energy, (has requested an opinion on the claiD
of Mr. Kalman PQer, Jr.  for expenses incurred in ship-
ping his household goods. On the basis of the record
before us, and pursuant to the following analysis, we
are denying Mr. Pater's claim.

     Briefly, Mr. Pater moved his family and household
belongings from Wayne, Pennsylvania, to Morgantown,
West Virginia, on Memorial Day 1977, reporting for
duty at METC on June 6, 1977. (2. Pater was moved
by a private in dependent truck . with a 40-foot freight
hauling trailer    presented Mr. Pater with a written
receipt( or $1,6167 after receiving a cash payment from
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   (zr-. Pater's claim for reimbursement for transfer
expenses was submitted to the Certifying Officerat
the Oak Ridge Operations Office( nd partial payment
was made for the employee and his family's moyeg.
However,QPayment for shipment of the household goods
was denie6~pending the outcome of our decision in


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