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B-229393 1 (1988-04-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnbg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Wmhington, D.C. 20.%8 Decision Harold W. Brown - Transportation of Household Matterof- Goods Between Overseas Locations File: B-229393 Date: April 1, 1988 DIGEST Employee separated in 1982 is not entitled to reimbursement for the cost of shipping his household goods from Madrid to Paris incident to his separation. Although the holding in Thelma Grimes, 63 Comp. Gen. 281 (1984), authorizes shipment ot household goods to any alternate destination, provided the cost to the government does not exceed the constructive cost of shipment to the employee's place of actual resi- dence, that decision applies prospectively to cases in which the employee's separation was effected after April 10, 1984. The fact that the employee's claim was before the General Accounting Office on that date does not provide a basis for payment. DECISION Mr. Harold W. Brown, a former employee of the Department of Defense, appeals from the May 31, 1984, settlement of our Claims Group denying his claim for reimbursement of the $4,460 cost of shipping his household goods between Madrid, Spain, and Paris, France. For the reasons stated below, the disallowance of Mr. Brown's claim is sustained. BACKGROUND In December 1981, in anticipation of his separation from employment with the Department of Defense, Mr. Brown requested authorization for transportation of his household goods at government expense from his duty station in Madrid, Spain, to Paris, France, where he intended to reside. Orders were issued on January 13, 1982, authorizing trans- portation from Madrid to Silver Spring, Maryland, Mr. Brown's place of actual residence at the time of assignment to duty outside the United States. On February 4, 1982, however, Mr. Brown's household goods were shipped to Paris. The following week, he received a letter

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