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DECIUION
FILE: 10 243
ThE1 COMPOLLEN UNEiNAL
OP THE UNITED UTATE
WAUIMINGTC N. C C. 00041
OATE: ]hbaa;-.7 15, 1978
MATTER' OF: Bay X. Johnson - Reibursement of Real.
Estate Expenses - Telephone Calls tad
Telagram
1OSQEST: Employee who 'Mparted old duty station prior to
sale of residence is entitled to reimbursement
of expenses incurred for long-distance telephone
calls which were directly rela:ed tothe sale of
the residence at hie old duty station. Ac-
cordingly, claimant in entitled to reitturmaunt
,-of tle telephone calls to real estate broker.
mwever, telephone calls to former neighbor
aid other,calls, the nature of which have not
been ascertained, are not for allowance. While
cost of telegram to relay acceptauce of purchase
offer o'Uuld be reimbursable, payment therefor im
not allowable where claimant has not provided
any doeevatation showing clAimed expenses were
lncurre ..
By ,letter dated September 22, 1977, Mrs. Mary X. Rydquiut,
an authorized certifying officer of the Bureau of Land Kanagement,
Unted States D,.partcent of the interior, has requested an ad-
vert decision so to whether Mr. Roy M. Johnson, an agency
employee, may be reimbursed in the amoutnt of $57.09 for telephone
calls and telegrams made incident to his transfer from Atlanta,
Georgia, to Billings, Montana.
The record shows that incident to his transfer from Atlanta
to Billings, in November of 1975, Mr. Johnson was authorized
reimbursement for relocation expenses. In connection with his
transfer, Mr. Johnson placed his residence at his old duty sta-
tion on the real estate market, The record shows that the agency
ranted Mr, Johnson a 1-year extension of the time limitati.in for
reimbursement for expenses of the realty transaction and th t
Mr. Johnson sold his home on Kay 13, 1977.
Mr. Johnson etates. that the real estate market in the
Atlanta area was in a depressed state during the time that he
was attempting to sell his home and he therefore called long
distance to the real estate brokerage firm representing him in
Atlanta in order to determine that a serious effort was being
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