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B-224910 1 (1987-06-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmta0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Wahington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof. Gordon Field, M.D.--Waiver of Erroneous Overpayments--Insurance Premiums File: B-224910 Date: June 22, 1987 DIGEST Employee received overpayments of pay because agency failed to deduct full insurance premiums from his pay. Overpay- ments may not be waived under 5 U.S.C. S 5584. Record shows that the employee requested the insurance, was covered by the insurance, and was furnished a booklet which explained the coverage and applicable rates. Therefore, employee was partially at fault for not questioning the lack of suffi- cient deductions for insurance, and since he failed to effectively examine Earnings and Leave Statements provided by agency which would have alerted him to the error. DECISION In this decision we hold that Dr. Gordon Field, a physician with the Veterans Administration (VA), may not be granted waiver of erroneous payments made to him as a result of his agency's underdeduction for Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) premiums. This decision sustains a denial of his application for waiver under 5 U.S.C. S 5584 made by our Claims Group on March 17, 1986. BACKGROUND Dr. Field was appointed to the position of staff physician at the Veterans Administration Outpatient Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, on April 6, 1983. He had not previously worked for the Federal Government. On April 6, 1983, the first day of his appointment, Dr. Field enrolled in the FEGLI program, electing Option B-Additional insurance at 3 times the amount of his salary in addition to the basic coverage. However, the personnel office did not enter on the enrollment form the proper code signifying the additional insurance coverage. Dr. Field received his first Earnings and Leave Statement showing a payroll deduction for life insurance premiums effective for the biweekly pay period ending April 18, 1983. It understated the correct deduction by $126 because of the failure to include the optional additional coverage, while correctly showing a

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