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B-201652 1 (1981-09-01)

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DECISION





FILE: B-201652


THE COMPTROLL.ER ENERAL.
OF THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON. 0.C. 20548




      DATE: leptember 1, 1981


MATTER OF: Fred C. Jackson - Residence Sale Expenses


Employee was transferred from Corps of
Engineers' Smithland Project in western
Kentucky, to Patoka Lake, near Jasper,
Indiana, then subsequently transferred
to the Laurel Lake Project near Corbin,
Kentucky. The residence he had for sale
at his first duty station was sold after
his second transfer. He is entitled to
residence sale expense reimbursement
since that residence was one from which
he commuted to work prior to first trans-
fer, sale was effected 5 months after
first transfer and evidence shows sale
was incident to first transfer.


     T. A. Evans, Disbursing Officer, Corps of
Engineers, Department of the Army, has requested an
advance decision as to whether or not Mr. Fred C.
Jackson may be reimbursed real estate expenses asso-
ciated with the sale of his residence at Paducah,
Kentucky.

     Mr. Jackson, an employee of the Construction
Division, Corps of Engineers, was working at the
Smithland Project in western Kentucky, in May 1979,
when he was notified that he was transferred from
the Smithland project to the Patoka Lake Project
near Jasper, Indiana. At the time of the transfer
Mr. Jackson owned a home in Paducah, Kentucky, from
which he commuted daily to work at Smithland. After
Mr. Jackson's transfer, he rented a residence in
Jasper, Indiana, from which he commuted daily to
work at Patoka Lake. On weekends Mr. Jackson drove
the approximately 170 miles from Jasper, Indiana,
to Paducah, Kentucky, to be with his family who were
still residing at his old residence.

     In September 1979, Mr. Jackson was notified
that he had been selected for a job at the Laurel
Lake Project located near Corbin, Kentucky. On
October 9, 1979, Mr. Jackson reported to work at
Laurel Lake and on October 17, 1979, he entered

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