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B-229395 1 (1988-11-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadngv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Wsbington, D.C. 20648 Decision Elaine J. Huber - Claim for Relocation Expenses - Matterof: Meritorious Claims Act File: B-229395 Date: November 4, 1988 DIGEST A new appointee to a manpower shortage position, who was issued travel orders erroneously authorizing reimbursement for temporary quarters subsistence expenses, a house-hunting trip, and miscellaneous expenses, may only be reimbursed for her travel and shipment of the household goods under 5 U.S.C. S 5723 (1982). In addition, we decline to submit this claim to the Congress under the Meritorious Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. S 3702(d) (1982). IECISION This decision is in response to a request from the Director, Fiscal and Public Safety, Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, concerning the entitlement of a Forest Service employee to be reimbursed for relocation expenses. For the following reasons, we conclude that the relocation expense claim may not be allowed. BACKGROUND Ms. Elaine J. Huber, who was employed in the private sector and residing in Vancouver, Washinqton, applied for and was appointed to a manpower shortage category position with the Forest Service in Roseburg, Oregon. Although the appoint- ment was her initial federal position, Ms. Huber was authorized full permanent change-of-station allowances as if she were a federal employee being transferred to a new duty station. Subsequent to her reporting for duty, she submitted her travel voucher in the amount of $562.07. It was determined by her agency that her travel orders had been improperly issued since she was not an employee being transferred from one official duty station to another for permanent duty, and the agency reimbursed her only $16.50 of the claimed amount. The expenses disallowed were the cost of a house-hunting 04386 13 3C3

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