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B-232489 1 (1989-08-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnnh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oiRThe Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Neil G. Pfaff - Travel and Transportation Matterof: Expenses - Completion of Service Agreement File: B-232489 Date: August 4, 1989 DIGEST Employee transferred from Canada to Hawaii and served approximately 17 months with the agency in Hawaii, prior to his transfer to another government agency in Hawaii, where he remained for 2-1/2 years. He is entitled to his return travel and transportation expenses to the continental United States since he fulfilled his service agreement. Expenses should be paid by the agency to which the employee transferred, computed on a constructive cost basis. DECISION This decision is in response to a request from an Accounting and Finance Officer, Defense Investigative Service (DIS), Washington, D.C., for an opinion as to whether a former employee of DIS in Hawaii may be reimbursed for certain travel and transportation expenses incurred incident to his return from Hawaii to the United States. For the reasons that follow, the former employee may be reimbursed for the travel and transportation expenses on a constructive cost basis. BACKGROUND Mr. Neil G. Pfaff was employed by the United States Customs Service in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, when he transferred in October 1981 to the Customs Office in Hawaii. Mr. Pfaff's travel order stated that he was transferred for the convenience of the government and authorized him to ship at government expense a privately-owned vehicle (POV) and 7,500 pounds of household goods. Mr. Pfaff had been employed by Customs in Hawaii for approximately 17 months when in February 1983 he transferred to a similar position with DIS. C-ko I S' / 13 1 2- 6 (,

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