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B-203734 1 (1982-04-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkgf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: b L O A THE CONIPTROl f OEJEAAL CEICISION jVk1 OFTH5 UNITL'ko UTAT5 WAS H I N QTON ,3, 12054E3 FILEi B-203734 DATE; April 23 .982 MATTER OFI Federal Bureau of Investigation- Transfer overseas - effect of retirement on service agreement DIGF.ST; The Federal Bur'eau of Investigation (FBI) may require that an employee posted overseas sign a service agreement which obligates the employee to repay the Government the cost of his transfer to the oversoas post, if he elects to retire prior to the completion of the 12-month term of the service ag).eement. Like- wine, the.FBI may require that if an employee transferred overseas voluntarily retires within a period of not less than 1 nor rmjore than 3 years, prescribed in advance by the Director of the FBI, then the employee's return expenses shall not be allowed, It is within FBI's discretion to ma1ke a determination that a voluntary retire- ment within the period of service agreement is not a separation beyond the employee's contrD1o The Hondrable Witliam H. Webster, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), has requested our decision as to tho FBI's authority to impose certain requirer ments on its employees being transferred overseas. The question is whether the Vol may include a clause in the written service agreement which an employee signs upon relocation overseas, that would obligate the employee to reimburse the Government for the cost of his transfer if he elects to voluntarily retire prior to the completion of the term required by the service agreement. For the reasons set forth below, we have no objection to the proposed policy. Mr. Webster states the reasons for the proposed policy as follows: The FBI maintaini3 Legal Attaches in thirteen (13) foreign countries providing the FBI with a continuous and prompt ex- change of information and assistance with foreign law enforcement agpncies. The individuals assigned to these duty posts are all highly qualified agents with a broad knowle0ge of the FBI's responsibilities,

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