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B-224767 1 (1987-07-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmtn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof. James H. Bahti - Foreign Service Retirement - Separation Travel File: B-224767 Date: July 10, 1987 DIGEST A State Department employee retired from the Foreign Service on December 31, 1983, and timely performed domestic separation travel from McLean, Virginia, to his designated place of residence, Tucson, Arizona. The State Department questions whether he may be reimbursed since he did not establish a residence in Tucson, but returned to his residence in McLean. The Foreign Affairs Manual states that an employee who retires from the Foreign Service is entitled to travel to a designated place of residence in the United States, provided that the travel is performed within 6 months of separation, unless extended. Since the employee traveled before the extended deadline, he is entitled to be reimbursed his travel expenses even though he did not establish a residence in Tucson. DECISION This decision is in response to a request from the Office of Financial Operations, Department of State, concerning the entitlement of a Foreign Service officer to be reimbursed for travel expenses incident to his retirement on December 31, 1983. We conclude that he is entitled to reimbursement for the following reasons. BACKGROUND Mr. James H. Bahti, a Foreign Service Officer, after service abroad, retired from the Foreign Service in Washington, D.C., on December 31, 1983. Earlier that month, Mr. Bahti was issued travel orders authorizing official separation travel from Washington, D.C., to Tucson, Arizona, by privately owned vehicle, plus travel per diem, as authorized by Volume 6 of the Foreign Affairs Manual (6 FAM). Mr. Bahti had designated Tucson, Arizona as his

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