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B-214932 1 (1984-05-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlsq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THU COMPTROLLER ENERAL L-L ECIION . op THE UNITEO STATES WAHINGTON. O.C. 20548 FILE. B-214932 DATE: May 29, 1984 MATTER OF: Brian P. Happy DIGEST: A former Coast Guard member received erroneous payments due to failure of the Coast Guard to deduct a dependency allotment and an appropriate amount for a bond allotment from his pay. As a result his biweekly net pay increased by $100 during a period when there was no increase in his entitlements. This should have alerted him to the fact that his pay may have been erroneous. Since he failed to make prompt inquiry of the appropriate finance officials when he received an unexplained increase in pay he is partially at fault for the erroneous payments thus precluding waiver of the Government's claim against him. Mr. Brian P. Happy, a former member of the United States Coast Guard, requests reconsideration of our Claims Group's denial of his application for waiver of his debt to the United States in the amount of $3,813.50. The debt arose while he was on active duty in the Coast Guard as a result of erroneous payments he received due to the failure of the Coast Guard to deduct a dependency allotment from his pay and an appropriate amount for a bond allotment as well as an erroneous payment of an additional dependency allotment after discharge. In light of the facts presented, and the applicable provisions of law our Claims Group's action in this matter is sustained. Mr. Happy was overpaid $3,813.50 during the period January 1979 through December 1980. This overpayment occurred after Mr. Happy authorized a $200 dependency allot- ment to be sent to his parents beginning in June 1976. The allotment was sent as directed and a corresponding deduction was made from his monthly pay through December 1978. However, starting in January 1979, the $200 was not deducted from his pay and as a result, Mr. Happy was overpaid $3,600 during the period July 1979 through June 1980 prior to his 0)q

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