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B-229099 1 (1989-07-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnmu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oThe Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Sergeant Karen H. Gustin, USAF File: B-229099 Date: July 7, 1989 DIGEST Where the government pays the costs associated with transporting a member's mobile home and the costs associated with a voluntary Do-It-Yourself move and these payments exceed the member's entitlement resulting in a member's indebtedness, the debt is not an erroneous payment which may be considered for waiver under 10 U.S.C. § 2774. DECISION A former Air Force member requests waiver of a debt which arose in connection with the transportation of her mobile home and the transportation of her household goods by means of a Do-It-Yourself (DITY) move. The debt may not be considered for waiver for the reasons set forth below. Sergeant Karen M. Gustin, USAF, incident to her release from active duty was authorized to move her mobile home from Goldsboro, North Carolina to her home of record, Johnson, Rhode Island at government expense. She was also authorized transportation of 7,728 pounds of household goods. Her entitlement for the authorized expenses of both facets of her move under the applicable regulations totaled $4,421.79. This was the amount of entitlement she was given by the transportation office when she first began inquiries about her move. Sergeant Gustin elected to have her mobile home moved to Wheeling, Illinois, approximately 200 miles farther than the distance from North Carolina to Rhode Island. The cost to move the mobile home was $4,322.27 and included replacement costs of $150 for 3 tires for the mobile home. Sergeant Gustin also transported approximately 1,500 pounds of household goods under a DITY move. The government's payment for this move was $558 for the truck and equipment rental (the $585 figure in the administrative report was in error), plus $494.79 for the DITY incentive payment for a total of

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