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B-231120 1 (1988-10-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnfv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 2048 Decision Adrian F. Tuck - Manpower Shortage Appointees - Household Goods Excess Insurance Costs Matter of: B-231120 File: Date: October 6, 1988 DIGEST An employee, who was appointed to a manpower shortage position, claims reimbursement for the cost of excess insurance obtained by him incident to the movement of household goods. He argues that the law and regulations limiting reimbursement entitlement do not apply since he was a non-citizen, non-federal employee when the situation arose. The claim is denied since the regulations authoriz- ing the shipment of household goods specifically provide that the cost of excess insurance obtained by an employee will be borne by the employee. DECISION This decision is in response to a request from the Director, Office of Administration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), United States Department of Commerce, concerning the entitlement of a NOAA employee to be reim- bursed the cost of additional insurance on his household goods shipment incident to his travel to his first permanent duty station. We conclude that the cost may not be reimbursed for the following reasons. BACKGROUND Mr. Adrian F. Tuck, a citizen and resident of the United Kingdom, was selected by NOAA as a research chemist. His first duty station was Boulder, Colorado, with a reporting date of on or about August 31, 1986. He was authorized travel for himself and three dependents and shipment of household goods from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, to Boulder, Colorado. Incident to that move, Mr. Tuck secured additional insurance on his household goods. Upon comple- tion of.his travel, the agency paid for the cost of the shipment and billed Mr. Tuck for $1,395.63. This amount represented insurance at the rate of $2.50 per hundred dollars of valuation for the entire shipment ($55,825), QA4347 13*7DK7

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