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B-218981 1 (1986-03-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmfx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 00 eTHU COMPTROLLER GENERlAL OECIION -oF THUE UNITEO STATES WASHINGTON. O.C. 20548 FILE: B-218981 DATE: March 24, 1986 MATTER OF: Erik Brett Sager DIGEST: Employee of the Department of the Interior received erroneous payments for a cost-of- living allowance in Alaska after he had been converted to a wage grade employee. The employee was on notice from his Noti- fication of Personnel Action Form and should have otherwise known that wage grade employees were not eligible for the allowance. Since his leave and earnings statements for the period reflected that he was being paid the allowance, he is not without fault in the matter and the debt may not be waived. This action is in response to a request from Erik Brett Sager for reconsideration of our Claims Group's November 15, 1984 denial of his request for waiver. Mr. Sager was erro- neously paid a cost-of-living allowance to which he was not entitled. Our Claims Group denied waiver of the overpay- ment. We affirm that decision. Mr. Sager is an employee of the United States Depart- ment of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. While employed as a Miscellaneous Documents Examiner (GS-0963-06) in Anchorage, Alaska, he was promoted and converted to an Electronic Digital Computer Mechanic (WG-2608-8), effective January 9, 1983. Upon being converted to a wage grade position, Mr. Sager became ineligible for the cost-of-living allowance which he had been receiving as a General Schedule employee. Due to an administrative error, the cost-of-living allowance was not terminated for five pay periods after the conversion. Mr. Sager received a total overpayment of $1,119.60 for the period between January 9, 1983, and March 19, 1983. In April 1983, Mr. Sager was notified of the over- payment. He has requested waiver of the total amount. The agency recommends. denial of the waiver because Mr. Sager had worked for several years in Alaska at the time of the conversion and knew or should have known that wage grade

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