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B-210532 1 (1983-08-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlgd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ZIAS 9 .L THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL 1ECISION . . OF THE UNITED STATES . . . WASHINGTON. 0.C. 20548 FILE: B-210532 DATE: August 3, 1983 MATTER OF: Frederick D. Crawford - Waiver - Nondeduction of Optional Life Insurance DIGEST: Premiums Employee elected regular and optional life insurance coverage under the Feder- al Employees' Group Life Insurance Program (FEGLI), but when he transferred in 1969, the new agency stopped deduct- ing his optional insurance premiums due to an administrative error. Since the employee received Leave and Earnings Statements throughout the period in question, which reflected optional premium deductions before his transfer, but not afterward, his failure to examine the statements and to note the error makes him at least partially at fault, thereby precluding waiver under 5 U.S.C. § 5584. Mr. Frederick D. Crawford, a civilian employee of the United States Army, appeals our Claims Group's September 26, 1980, denial of his request for waiver of a claim against him by the United States for overpayment of compensation in the amount of $674.60. The overpayment resulted from his agency's failure to make proper deductions from his salary for his optional life insurance coverage under the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program (FEGLI). For the reasons stated below, we conclude that waiver should not be granted under the circumstances of this case. Mr. Crawford, a Procurement Analyst employed by the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Command at Warren, Michigan, elected both regular and optional life insurance coverage under FEGLI on February 20, 1968. Thereafter, he was trans- ferred to the White Sands Missile Station, effective March 23, 1969. At the time of the transfer, the agency failed to note that Mr. Crawford had previously elected coverage under both the regular and optional life insurance plans. As a result, from March 23, 1969, through early February 1978, when the error was discovered, the agency deducted only regular insurance premiums from Mr. Crawford's salary, resulting in a total overpayment of $674.60. ~L752&

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