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B-207464 1 (1982-11-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadksm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION FILE: B-207464 MATTER OF: DIGEST: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITEO STATES WASHINGTON, 0.C. 20548 DATE: November 17, 1982 Laima A. Skuja Employee transferred to new duty station and occupied a rented house which was unfurnished for several weeks until her furniture arrived. Fact that the employee attempted to find other quarters is too indefinite to support the conclusion that the quarters were temporary. Employee's contention that agency erred in not informing her that she was eligible for temporary quarters allowance before transfer and had she known of her eligibility she would have stayed in a motel until her furniture arrived does not provide a basis to pay her temporary quarters allowance for a period she occupied her permanent residence. The authorized certifying officer with the Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, Billings, Montana, requested an advance decision on the propriety of reimbursing Ms. Laima A. Skuja for temporary quarters and subsistence expenses. For the reasons stated herein, we find that the voucher may not be certified for payment. Ms. Skuja, an employee of the Veterans Administration in Baltimore, Maryland, transferred to a position with the Public Health Service in Lander, Wyoming, in September 1981. Ms. Skuja was not informed that she was eligible for temporary quarters and subsistence expenses, and her travel order, issued September 17, 1981, did not authorize them. Consequently, Ms. Skuja arranged to rent an unfurnished house at her new duty station prior to her arrival there and occupied that residence initially without furnishings until her household goods arrived. On December 16, i981, her travwl order was amended to allow up to 30 days of temporary quarters and subsistence expenses and to correct her mileage allowance. However, her subsequent claim in the amount of $1,354 for temporary quarters and subsistence expenses was disallowed on the basis that the auarters which she occupied upon arrival at her new duty station were permanent. Hence she was not eligible to receive a temporary quarters and subsistence allowance under the Federal Travel Regulations (FPIM 101-7, May 1973). Ms. Skuja has objected to this determination, and the certifying officer requests out decision on the matter. Ms. Skuja states that she intended to occupy the house on a temporary basis, that management 0)313 t

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