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B-229191 1 (1988-08-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadneg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General , of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Daniel W. Krieber - Transportation of Privately Matterof: Owned Vehicle Purchased Overseas File: B-229191 Date: August 17, 1988 DIGEST An employee who transferred from Michigan to Hawaii did not ship his privately owned vehicle (POV) to Hawaii. The employee now seeks reimbursement for the expenses of shipping a vehicle from Hawaii to California upon transfer back to the continental United States. The employee may not be reimbursed these shipping expenses since para. 2-10.3b of the Federal Travel Regulations authorizes such reimbursement only if this POV was initially shipped to the employee's overseas post of duty at government expense. DECISION This decision is in response to a request by Mr. Foon C. Lee, Authorized Certifying Officer, National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, for a determination as to whether Mr. Daniel W. Krieber, an employee of the agency, may be reimbursed for the expenses incurred in shipping his privately owned vehicle (POV) from Honolulu, Hawaii, to San Francisco, California, incident to a permanent change of station. For the reasons stated later in this decision, we conclude that the employee may not be reimbursed for these expenses. BACKGROUND Mr. Krieber was transferred from Isle Royale National Park, Michigan, to the USS Arizona Memorial, Hawaii, in March 1984. He was informed by agency officials that if he desired to have his POV shipped from Michigan to Hawaii, he would have to drive it cross-country to California for shipment from the west coast. Instead, Mr. Krieber sold his vehicle in Michigan. However, since the use of an automobile was essential to the performance of his duties, Mr. Krieber purchased an American-made 0-A /3 ( 5q7

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