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B-223644 1 (1986-11-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmnz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof: Blaine C. Richardson - Home Service Transfer Allowance Eligibility File: B-223644 Date: November 28, 1986 DIGEST Foreign Service Officer with Agency for International Development authorized to travel from Naples, Italy, to Washington, D.C., in June 1982, was authorized a home service transfer allowance (HSTA) covering the period of his stay in Washington, D.C., in contemplation of further reassignment to an overseas post. Employee may be paid HSTA for the period his dependents stayed in Ocean City, Maryland, limited to the maximum allowable period of 30 days and computed on the basis of the statutory per diem rate of $50. DECI SI ON The Chief, Employees Service Division, Office of Financial Management, Agency for International Development (AID), requests a decision interpreting the home service transfer allowance (HSTA) for Mr. Blaine C. Richardson, a former AID Foreign Service Officer. We conclude that Mr. Richardson may be paid a HSTA for the period his dependents stayed in Ocean City, Maryland, limited to the maximum allowable period of 30 days and computed on the basis of the statutory per diem rate of $50. Mr. Richardson was authorized to travel from Naples, Italy, to Washington, D.C., in June 1982 in contemplation of further reassignment to an overseas post. Since there was uncertainty about where Mr. Richardson would be assigned he was authorized a HSTA covering the period of his stay in Washington, D.C. In submitting the case to our jurisdiction, Mr. Richardson reported by letter dated August 27, 1986, that he relied on the advice of his backstop officer in secur- ing temporary quarters since his permanent home of record was under lease for another year, and his family of five had moved into a hotel across from the State Department in Washington. Mr. Richardson inquired of his backstop officer whether his HSTA could be used to rent a house or an 01)749 \

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