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B-213610 1 (1984-04-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlqo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: )V1OI THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OECISION OP THE UNITED STATUE WASHINGTON. 0. C. 20548 FILE: B-213610 DATE: April 18, 1984 MATTER OF: James K. Marron - Claim for Relocation Expenses Incurred Prior to Notification of Transfer DIGEST: Employee entered into contract to sell his residence and vacated residence prior to his selection for position under competitive procedures and Agency's formal notice of transfer. The real estate expenses claimed may not be reimbursed since the sale was not incident to his transfer, and the house for which he claims reimbursement was not his residence at the time he was officially notified of his change of station. This decision is in response to a request by John R. Nienaber, an Authorized Certifying Officer of the United States Department of Agriculture, for an advance decision as to whether Mr. James K. Marron, an Agriculture Department employee, is entitled to residence transaction expenses incurred because of a permanent change of station. For the reasons that follow, we hold that he is not so entitled. FACTS Mr. Marron is an employee of the Soil Conservation Service (SCS), United States Department of Agriculture, and was assigned to their Snow Survey Program in Reno, Nevada. In November 1982, he became aware of a plan to reorganize the Snow Survey Program in such a way that his job, he was convinced, would not have been the same, although the SCS insists his position was never in jeopardy. After discussing the reorganization plan with his wife, he decided he would be happiest in another position. Mr. Marron then applied for several new positions, none of which were in Reno, and spoke with o-* 15

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