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DECISION
FILE: B-199807
60 7,
1-., THE CC1MPTROLLER GENERAL
OF THE UNITED STATES
7. ]WASHINGTON. . C. 20548
DATE: February 9, 1981
MATTER OF: Petty Officer Allan L. Gaynor, USN
OIGEST: 1. Lack of substantial changes in pay when
they would ordinarily be expected, con-
stitutes sufficient notice to alert a
reasonable person that an error may have
been made. Thus, where a member moved
into Government quarters after the
first of the month and his BAQ was
not stopped until the next month,
where he received a substantial reduction
in pay and his next earnings statement
showed he was not receiving BAQ, waiver
is granted. However, waiver is not
granted for 10 $120 monthly allotment
payments not deducted from the member's
pay since, although he received no
earnings statements he should have
expected his pay to decrease and when
it did not, he should have known he
was receiving overpayments.
2. -Financial hardship, standing alone, is
not sufficient reason to allow waiver
of a debt which arises from receipt of
funds to which the debtor should have
known he was not entitled.
This decision is in response to a letter dated May 19,
1980, forwarded to us by the Navy Family Allowance Activity,
which constitutes an (appeal by -etty Officei Allan L.
Gaynor, USN, from ourTClaims Divisions September 7, 1979
action which granted 1h part and denied in part his request
for waiver of the claim against him by the United States
for erroneous overpayments of pay', The total claim of the
Government against him was $1,471.08. 'Our Claims Division
waived $114 of the Government's claim and denied waiver of
$1,357.08. Petty Officer GaynorLs appealing that part of
our Claims Division's action which denied him waiver of
$1,357.08.
The debt arose as follows. Petty Officer Gaynor was
assigned Government quarters on December 3, 1976, but his
basic allowance for quarters (BAQ) was not terminated](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobadjcd0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)