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B-231146 1 (1989-03-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnke0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States WasiNIton, D.C. 205M8 Decision John B. Osborn III - Waiver - Erroneous Travel Matter of- Advance File: B-231146 Date: March 10, 1989 DIGEST An appointee to a manpower shortage position was issued orders erroneously authorizing reimbursement of temporary quarters subsistence expenses and was given a travel. advance. After he incurred expenses in reliance on the erroneous orders the error was discovered. Repayment of the travel advance is waived under 5 U.S.C. S 5584, as amended, since the advance was made to cover the expenses erroneously authorized and the employee actually spent the advance in good faith reliance on the erroneous travel orders. DECISION The Director of the Department of the Treasury Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Glynco, Georgia, forwards the claim of Mr. John B. Osborn III, for waiver of his indebtedness. Mr. Osborn had been erroneously advanced $1,400 for temporary quarters subsistence expenses to which he was not entitled. For the reasons stated below, we grant waiver of this indebtedness. BACKGROUND Mr. Osborn was selected for a position at the Training Center that was in a manpower shortage category. He was notified by letter dated November 6, 1987, that he was selected and that the government would pay authorized relocation expenses. A Travel and Transfer Authorization Form dated November 8, 1987, was incorrectly completed by the Training Center's Budget and Finance Division approving temporary quarters subsistence expenses to which Mr. Osborn was not entitled. Based on the incorrect authorization, the Training Center advanced Mr. Osborn $1,400 on November 23, 1987. / o F Ito a

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