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B-203439 1 (1982-01-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkaq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: / 736/ DECISION THE COMPTROLLEfl GENERAL OF THt! UNITED *TA'Ifr WAS HIN GTO N, o c;, 2lO0546 v.,- Ot- FILE; B-203439 MATTER OF: Fred DIGEST; DATE: January 27, 1982 L. Spillan Employee who transferred from GS-1 position at Veterans' Administration in Phoenix, Arizona, to GS-12 position at General Services Administra- tion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, under merit promotion program claims relocation expenses on basis that transfer was in interest of Government. Absent agency regulations to the contrary, selection and transfer under merit promotion program is regarded as transfer in interest of Government and employee trans- ferred thereunder may not be denied relocation expenses notwithstanding existence of budget constraints. By a letter dated May 7, 1981, an authorized certifying officer with the General Services Administration (GSA), requested an advance decision concerning Hr. Fred L. Spillan's claim for relocation expenses incident to a merit promotion transfer, For the reasons stated herein we find that the vcucher may be certified for payment, if otherwise proper. The record shows that Mr. Spillan, a GS-ll employee of the Veterans' Administration in Phoenix, Arizona, applied for the position of Safety Specialist, GS-9/ll/12, in Philadelohia, Pennuylvania, under the General services Administration's Merit Promotion Program. He was selected for the position dL crade GS-12 and at the Lime of selection he was informed that du. to monetary limitationl he would not be paid for relocation .xpenses. He was also informed that it was not agency policy to pay relocation expenses for every selectee. Mr. Spillan accepted the position and is now requesting reimbursement for expenses related to his relocation from Scottsdale, Arizona, to t. Laurel, New Jersey, on the basis that the transfer was in the interest of the Government. The certifying officer inquires as to his authority to reim- burse Mr. Spillan in the absence of travel orders authorizing payment of relocation expenses. . .

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