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B-209873 1 (1983-07-06)

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DECISION





FILE:    B-209873


MATTER


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THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
OF THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON. 0.C. 20548


DATE:


July 6, 1983


OF: Donald F. Daly


1. Employee who was separated involuntarily
    from the Department of the Interior in
    Lawton, Oklahoma, due to a reduction in
    force is entitled to relocation expenses
    where within 1 year of his separation he
    was reemployed by the Department of Edu-
    cation in Washington, D.C. The fact that
    the employee's travel orders were issued
    subsequent to his move does not reduce
    that entitlement.

2. Agency properly denied employee reim-
    bursement for use of two vehicles where
    employee lacked justification for use of
    second vehicle under paragraph 2-2.3e(a)
    of the Federal Travel Regulations.
    Either employee's or his spouse's vehicle
    could have transported both with lug-
    gage. Use of a second vehicle may not
    be justified on the basis of a general
    statement that the vehicles were used to
    transport personal belongings.

3. Employee who was authorized shipment of
    household goods incident to a permanent
    change of station is limited to the
    actual expenses of that shipment in this
    case. Since transportation by Government
    Bill of Lading would have been less cost-
    ly than reimbursement under the commuted
    rate system, 41 C.F.R. § 101-40.206
    requires that reimbursement be limited
    to the low-cost Government mover. How-
    ever, where agency failed to comply with
    requirement to make cost determination
    before shipment of the household goods,
    employee may be reimbursed actual ex-
    penses not in excess of the amount that
    would be allowable under the commuted
    rate system.

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