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B-210331 1 (1983-07-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadleu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITEO STATES WA SHINGTON. 0. C. 20548 FILE: B-210331 DATE: July 12, 1983 MATTER OF: Mark Z. Brandon, III - Real Estate Expenses - Transfer to Foreign Country DIGEST: Employee was authorized permanent change of station (PCS) from Washington, D.C., to Mexico. He was not authorized to incur real estate expenses at Government expense. Employee sold residence at old duty station prior to reporting for duty at new post in Mexico on July 29, 1978. Agency authorized employee a transfer in November 1978 to the Canal Zone because Government of Mexico would not grant accreditation for claimant to establish residency in Mexico. The fact that Mexico would not grant accreditation does not change his status to temporary duty. Claimant is not entitled to reimbursement of real estate expenses incurred incident to sale of Maryland residence in connec- tion with PCS to Mexico, since both the old and new duty stations were not located within the United States, its territories and possessions, Puerto Rico, or the Canal Zone. This decision is in response to a request by Mr. Lester A. Gesell, Jr., Comptroller, Inter American Geodetic Survey, Defense Mapping Agency, as to whether a travel voucher in the amount of $7,727.30, submitted by Mr. Mark Z. Brandon, III, an employee of the agency, may be certified for payment. The amount claimed represents real estate expenses incurred by Mr. Brandon incident to a permanent change of station (PCS) to Mexico City, Mexico. For the reasons hereafter stated, the voucher may not be certified for payment. The certifying officer has asked several questions concerning Mr. Brandon's transfer and his entitlement to reimbursement of real estate expenses. The primary issues presented by the questions are, first, was the transfer to

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