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B-219047 1 (1986-04-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmhj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER UENERAL OUCISION *OP THE UNITED STATEI WASHINGTON, 0. C. 20548 FILE: B-219047 DATE: April 24, 1986 MATTER OF: James Trenkelbach DIGEST: The employee is not entitled to reloca- tion benefits where the employing agency properly exercised its discretion in determining that the employee's lateral transfer at the same grade and salary was not primarily inthe interest of the Government. The employee applied and was competitively selected for the transfer under a vacancy announcement notifying applicants that a lateral transfer would.preclude reimbursement of relocation benefits unless considera- tions related to labor market conditions or other factors resulted in a determi- nation that the lateral transfer was in the interest of the Government. The agency's decision under this standard is not overturned unless clearly unreasonable. We are asked to decide whether Mr. James Trenkelbach, an employee of the Veterans Administration, who was competi- tively selected for reassignment and transfer, is entitled to relocation expenses.1/ Since the employee's transfer was to a position at the same grade level, we find that the employing office properly determined that the transfer was primarily for the convenience of the employee rather than in the interest of the Government and, therefore, he is not entitled to reimbursement of relocation expenses. Background Mr. Trenkelbach was employed as a Vocational Rehabili- tation Specialist, grade level GS-11, at the Veterans Administration Regional Office, Cleveland, Ohio, when he 1/ The Director, Office of Budget and Finance, Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C., requested this decision.

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