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B-215000 1 (1984-08-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlwe0001 and id is 1 raw text is: O6lilON THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OP THE UNITEO STATES WASHINGTON. 0. C. a0I54U FILE: B-215000 MATTER DIGEST: DATE: August 27, 1984 OF: Technical Sergeant Stephen M. Wright, USAF In a family emergency, a military member relied on a transportation agent's approval to arrange for transportation of household goods and travel of dependents to his home of record about 1 month before he applied for retirement and 6 weeks before retirement orders were issued providing for his retire- ment a year later. In the absence of mili- tary emergency or a written statement from the member's commander advising him that orders would be issued, the transportation officer has no authority to approve personal arrangements for transportation and travel prior to issuance of orders, and regulations dealing with claims procedure provide no authority for payment. The claim for reim- bursement of personally arranged, advance transportation and dependent travel costs cannot be paid. An Accounting and Finance Officer of the Department of the Air Forcel/ requests an advance decision con- cerning the propriety of paying a claim presented by Technical Sergeant Stephen M. Wright for reimbursement of expenses incurred in the transportation of household goods and travel of dependents prior to issuance of retirement orders. We conclude that Sergeant Wright is not entitled to reimbursement. Facts and Issue In mid-May 1983, while serving on active duty, and in anticipation of retirement, Sergeant Wright, appar- ently, obtained verbal approval from the Traffic Manage- ment Office at his official duty station to arrange for 1/ The request was made by Major K. L. Knauf, USAF, Headquarters 375th Aeromedical Airlift Wing (MAC), Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. It was approved by the Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance Committee, and assigned PDTATAC Control No. 84-7.

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