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B-224631 1 (1987-09-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmvj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 3 3 6< The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof. Ronald Rapka - Relocation Expenses File: B-224631 Date: September 17, 1987 DIGEST Department of the Navy employee's transfer to a new duty station 45 miles from his old duty station pursuant to a merit promotion was in the interest of the Government. Because the distance between the two duty stations was more than 10 miles and because the employee relocated his resi- dence from 60 miles to 30 miles from the new station, he is entitled to relocation expenses. DECISION The issue here involves the claim of a civilian employee of the Department of the Navy for relocation expenses inci- dent to a transfer in which he relocated his residence from a distance of 60 miles to 30 miles from his new permanent duty station. The agency questions whether the transfer was in the interest of the Government and, if so, whether the employee may be reimbursed relocation expenses in view of the relatively short distances involved. For the following reasons, the employee is entitled to reimbursement of allow- able relocation expenses. This decision is in response to a request for a decision from the Counsel for the Military Sealift Command, Atlantic (agency), concerning whether the reimbursement of reloca- tion expenses for a civilian employee, Mr. Ronald Rapka, arising in connection with a permanent change of station (PCS), is proper. Prior to 1985, Mr. Rapka was employed at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, as a contract price analyst with the Army. In early 1985, the agency advertised under a merit promotion program for a Deputy Director of Contracts. They selected Mr. Rapka, who was promoted to a higher-grade position and began his new job in Bayonne, New Jersey, on June 24, 1985. The distance between Mr. Rapka's old duty station at Fort Monmouth and his new duty station in Bayonne is approxi- mately 45 miles. The record shows that Mr. Rapka inquired

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