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B-239341 1 (1990-10-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnuq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States le CA UNITZID Washington, D.C. 2054 Decision Matter of: Gregory A. Mertz File: B-239341 Date: October 5, 1990 DECISION The National Park Service (NPS)l/ asks whether a claim for relocation expenses incurred by its employee, Mr. Gregory A. Mertz, which had been disallowed by our Claims Group2/, may allowed on the basis of our decision in Gregory Stiles, B-230365, July 25, 1988. On the record before us, full relocation expenses may not be allowed. However, he may be reimbursed the actual cost of moving his household goods out of government quarters. We held in Stiles that the NPS may reimburse an employee foi relocation expenses incident to a relocation from government required quarters in Shenandoah National Park, to a privately-owned residence in the local community even thougt his transfer of duty stations occurred within park boundariE and the net increase in commuting distance was less than 10 miles. See Federal Travel Regulations, para. 2-1.5b(i) (Supp. 4, Aug. 23, 1982) .3/ That holding was based on an agency determination that the transfer was incident to a permanent change of station from a district office to park headquarters, which the agency considers to be different official stations. Such a determination is required to receive reimbursement of relocation expenses under 5 U.S.C. §§ 5724 and 5724a (1988). Even though Mr. Mertz, incident to a promotion, also relocal from government-required quarters within a park (the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park), hi case differs from Mr. Stiles's in one material respect. Instead of an agency determination that the relocation was incident to a permanent change of station, the NPS in Mr. Mertz's case determined that the relocation was not 1/ The question was raised by the Regional Accounting Officer, Mid-Atlantic Region, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2/ Settlement;Certificate Z-2864743, March 18, 1987. 7./ T n - _ 1 , ! , Al r 7 1 C 1 1-7 --v (1 QR

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