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B-238362 1 (1990-07-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnto0001 and id is 1 raw text is: IV\L~Th ZComptroller General of the United States Wahington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Sergeant Charles E. North, Jr. - Relief of an Accountable Officer File: B-238362 Date: July 11, 1990 DIGEST An accountable officer's hotel room was burglarized while he was sleeping, after he had locked its door, and the cash and other items were out of sight. The hotel did not have a safe deposit box available, either in the hotel room or at the front desk, and locked containers were not otherwise available. We concur with the agency's administrative determinations that he was acting in the discharge of his official duties, and that he was not negligent. Thus, we grant relief from liability for the physical loss of funds under 31 U.S.C. S 3527 (1988). DECISION This decision is in response to a request from Mr. Frank Palmer, Chief, Financial Management Division, United States Secret Service, Department of the Treasury (Treasury Department), concerning the theft of public money from Sergeant Charles E. North, Jr., arising from his temporary duty in Gdansk, Poland, during President Bush's visit in July 1989. For the following reasons, we concur with the Treasury Department's administrative determinations and we grant relief in the amount of $550.1/ 1/ This matter was originally submitted to our Office under the Military Personnel and Civilian Employees Claims Act of 1964, as amended, 31 U.S.C. S 3721 (1988). Our Office has been informed that the Treasury Department has no objections to this case being treated under 31 U.S.C. S 3527 (1988), our general statutory authority to relieve accountable officers from liability, as we now believe it should be treated. Furthermore, the total of public money lost was approximately $550 in operational funds provided Sergeant North to cover sundry official expenses of the Secret Service team accompanying the President. 0-48%33 14-0

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