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B-219023 1 (1986-03-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmff0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION FILE: B-219023 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. 0.C. 20548 DATE: March 12, 1986 MATTER OF: Jose L. Sanchez DIGEST: A Federal employee was selected for transfer to Indianapolis by the Department of the Army and traveled there on a house-hunting trip under a travel authorization issued by the Army. The employee instead accepted and transferred to a position with the Internal Revenue Service in Indianapolis. Since the employee breached his service agreement 7ith the Army by failing to effect the transfer to which he agreed, the Army correctly undertook to collect amounts it had advanced for the house-hunting trip. However, since the expenses were incurred at a time when there was an intent to transfer the employee to Indianapolis, we would not object to the Internal Revenue Service's reimbursement of those expenses even though incurred prior to its determination to transfer the employee. The question presented in this matter is whether the Department of the Army is obligated to reimburse an employee for the expenses of a house-hunting trip it authorized in furtherance of the employee's transfer from Washington, D.C., to Indianapolis, Indiana, even though the employee declined that transfer and instead accepted a position with the Internal Revenue Service in Indianapolis.1/ In the partic- ular circumstances we conclude that the Internal Revenue Ser- vice may reimburse the employee for the house-hunting trip. Background In April 1984, while employed with the Internal Revenue Service in Washington, D.C., Mr. Jose L. Sanchez sent employ- ment applications to the offices of several Federal agencies in the vicinity of Indianapolis, Indiana. In a letter dated 1/ This action is in response to a request for a decision from Mr. Paul Williams, District Director, Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, Indianapolis, Indiana. - I /--

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