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B-233827 1 (1989-06-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnlt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: uThe Comptroller General of the United States Wshington, D.C. 20548 Decision Inez S. Graetzer - Request for Waiver - Erroneous Matter of: Relocation Expenses File: B-233827 Date: June 2, 1989 DIGEST A newly hired, nonshortage category employee erroneously was issued travel orders and a travel advance for her personal travel by private automobile and shipment of her household goods under the commuted rate system to her duty station. After the employee incurred relocation expenses in good faith reliance on the orders, the agency discovered the error and recommended waiver of the employee's debt. Waiver is granted; however, it is limited to an amount based on expenses the employee actually incurred, which in this case is the mileage allowance for the expense of her personal travel and the amount she actually paid for transportation of her household goods, not the greater amount computed under the commuted rate system. DECISION This decision is in response to a request by the Authorized Certifying Officer, Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, Oregon, that Ms. Inez S. Graetzer's debt to the Administration be considered for waiver under the authority of 5 U.S.C. S 5584. Ms. Graetzer's debt results from an erroneous relocation travel authorization she was issued when she was hired as a new appointee in a nonshortage category position by the Bonneville Power Administration. It erroneously authorized Ms. Graetzer's travel and shipment of her household goods from her home to her duty station.l/ She was given a travel advance in the amount of $2,812 for her personal I/ With some limited exceptions not applicable to Ms. Graetzer, newly hired employees are not entitled to payment by the government of their expenses in relocating to their first permanent duty station. Federal Travel Regulations, para. 2-1.3a.

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