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B-231099 1 (1988-12-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnht0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Washinglton, D.C. 20548 Decision Kevin M. Cole - Relocation Contract Services - Retroactive Amendment to Orders Matter of: B-231099 File: Date: December 2, 1988 DIGEST A transferred employee, whose travel orders did not authorize him to participate in his agency's relocation contract services program, requests that his travel orders be retroactively amended to permit such participation. The request is denied since under the Federal Travel Regula- tions, the employing agency exercised its discretion and established the written policy that only certain categories of its employees would be permitted to participate in the program. DECISION This decision is in response to a request from the General Counsel, Defense Mapping Agency (DMA). The question is whether a transferred employee may have his orders retroac- tively amended to provide for relocation contract services. We conclude that the orders may not be so amended, for the following reasons. BACKGROUND Mr. Kevin M. Cole, an employee with DMA, was selected for a grade GS-12 position under the agency's merit promotion plan, and he was transferred from St. Louis, Missouri, to Washington, D.C., in October 1987. His travel orders did not.authorize him to participate in the agency's relocation ctact services ptogram. Ko, Cole has been unable to sell his St. Louis residence, and he is encountering extreme difficulty maintaining two households. Mr. Cole has requested that an exception be made to the DMA policy governing relocation contract services so that he could participate. The agency states that the DMA policy governing relocation contract services provides for only limited participation. Under that policy, the agency will provide assistance only Oz/io-,/ I n:7+S4t

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