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B-213705 1 (1984-06-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadltd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: lvq11' ~THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OECISION OP THE UNITED STAT|E WASHINGTON. 0. C. 20548 FILE: B-213705 DATE: June 18, 1984 MATTER OF: Samuel T. Bardelson - Real Estate Sales Expense Reimbursement DIGEST: Employee who owned a residence at his old duty station in Menlo Park, California, may be reimbursed the expenses of its sale incident to his transfer to Grants Pass, Oregon. Although he and his family were not residing in the house on the date he was first definitely informed of his transfer, they would have resided there, but for the fact that he was away from his old duty station for 11 months prior to the transfer on temporary duty assign- ments. This decision is in response to a request from the Acting Chief, Branch of Financial Management, Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, concerning the entitle- ment of Mr. Samuel T. Bardelson, to be reimbursed for real estate sales expenses incident to a permanent change of sta- tion in October 1982. We conclude that he is entitled to be reimbursed those expenses. FACTS Mr. Bardelson, an employee of the Geological Survey, Western Mapping Center, was assigned to its Menlo Park, California, office in 1979 and purchased a house in nearby Redwood City, California. He and his family occupied that residence until January 1981 when he was sent to Fallon, Nevada, for extended training assignment. He returned to Menlo Park in May 1981 and continued to live in the house until December 1981. At that time, he was assigned on temporary duty to a field project in Needles, California, where he remained until April 1982, when he was reassigned to temporary duty in Grants Pass, Oregon. On October 20,' 1982, Mr. Bardelson was officially transferred to the Grants Pass office as a permanent change of station. When Mr. Bardelson went on extended field duty in Needles, California, his family traveled with him and he rented out his Redwood City residence. He says that he 019 114

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