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B-203381 1 (1982-07-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadklk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: CECIIION FILE: B3-203381 MATTHR OF DIGEST 4.1 ^% 1 Joyce D. Hood - Reimbursement foc transportation of household goods Claim for reimbursement for transportation pf household goods is denied because property wav acquired after employee reported to new Juty station. Rul' is well established that responsibilit. of Government for trans- portation of household goods i limited to those owned by employee on effective date of travel authorization. The issue presented in thiB case is whether an employee may be reimbursed the cost of transporting hotsehold goods which were acquired after the employee reported to her new duty station piursuant to permanent change of station orders. For the reasons which follow, the answer is no. The matter is presented here upon a letter from H. 0. Miller, Accounting ald Finance Officer, Defense Logistics Agency Administrative Support Center, Cameron Station, Alexandria, Virginia. Joyce D. Hood, an omployee of the Defense Logistics Agency, was transferred from Chesapeake, Virginia, to Alexandria, Virginia. Hhe seeks reimbursement for tratj- portation costs in the amount of $159,55, for the shipment of newly purchased furniture from Virginia Beach, Virginia, to Alexandria, Virginia. The furniture was purchased on December 20, 1980, after Ms. Hood reported for duty at her new permanent duty station on September 28, 1980. Paragraph 2-8.2d of the Federal Travel Regulations, FPMR 101-7 (May 197:,) (FTR), states that: * * * No property acquired by the employee en route between old and new official stations shall be eligible for transportation under this part. Since the household goods were acquired after Ms. Hood reported for duty in Alexandria, the costs of transporting them can not be reimbursed as the rule is well establishcd that the responsiblity of the Government for shipment of THE COMPTIIOLLR G3ENERAL CF TMMU HlIrTIS SUTATUS WASHINGTON, 0-0. 0OS48 DATE: July 7, 1982 I

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