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B-212642 1 (1984-02-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadloa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 41.0THE COMPTROLLER UENERAL OECISION . *. OP THE UNITEO ETATES WABHINGTON. 0. C. 20548 FILE: B-212642 DATE: February 23, 1984 MATTER OF: Dale T. Coggeshall DIGEST: An employee seeks reimbursement for ship- ment of an automobile to his new duty station in Hawaii. Shipment at Government expense was not authorized at time of transfer and the employee shipped his automobile at personal expense. An appro- priate official at the new duty station authorized shipment of the automobile, and his travel authorization was amended to include this entitlement. However, this amendment to the travel orders was not based upon a new determination of neces- sity but rather was an attempt to change a determination previously made by an authorized official. Under the general rule that legal rights and liabilities are established at the time authorization is issued and the travel is performed and may not be modified at a later date to increase or decrease travel allowances, payment based on the amendment after the transportation took place is not authorized. By letter of August 5, 1983, an authorized certifying officer with the Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, requested an advance decision on the claim of Mr. Dale T. Coggeshall for reimbursement of the cost of shipping his automobile from the conterminous United States to Hawaii incident to change of duty station. We find that Mr. Coggeshall was not properly authorized shipment of a privately owned vehicle and may not be reimbursed for expenses. Mr. Coggeshall, an employee of the Fish and Wildlife Service, was selected for the position of Pacific Islands Administrator in February 1979 and transferred from Newton Corners, Massachusetts, to Honolulu, Hawaii, effective April 22, 1979. He was informed that Fish and Wildlife policy precluded the shipment of a privately owned vehicle overseas, and his travel authorization dated March 2, 1979, did not include authority for shipment of a vehicle at Government expense. Mr. Coggeshall shipped his car at per- sonal expense. Dag otj

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