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B-208108 1 (1983-07-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlej0001 and id is 1 raw text is: . THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION O F THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, 0.C. 20548 FILE: B-208108 DATE: July 8, 1983 MATTER OF:Joseph S. Onechyk DIGEST: Employee of Office of Inspector General, Interior Department, had accident while driving Government motor vehicle on official business. Agency found that employee was not grossly negligent and declined to hold him liable for damage to vehicle, but assessed resulting tow- ing charges against him. Assessment of liability was based on employee's abandonment of vehicle at scene of-acci- dent. GAO concludes that assessment was not in conformity with applicable regu- lations because there was no showing 'that abandonment caused or increased towing expense to Government. Employee's indebtedness should therefore be removed. Mr. Joseph S. Onechyk has' asked us to waive a claim of $519 asserted against him by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Department eof the Interior. The claim repre- sents towing charges for * motor vehicle damaged while Mr. Onechyk, then an OIG employee, was driving on official business. While we have no authority to waive indebtedness of this type, we conclude, for the reasons discussed below, that the OIG has not adequately established the legal basis for its claim. Facts On October 31, 1980, Mr. Onechyk was involved in a one-car accident while driving a General Services Adminis- tration motor pool vehicle on official business on the Quinault Indian Reservation in the State of Washington. At the time, he was employed as an auditor in the OIG's Western Region, Sacramento, California. He left the vehicle at the accident scene to seek medical help and subsequently returned home. Somehow (the record is not entirely clear on this point), the vehicle was towed back to the GSA motor pool in Seattle. QD-40O~

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