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B-227534.4 1 (1990-11-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnvb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1. A r-% -% ,Comptroler General of the United States Waadton, D.C. 20648 Decision Matter of: Frayne W. Lehmann File: B-227534.4 Date: November 5, 1990 DECISION Mr. Frayne W. Lehmann, a former employee of the Navy, seeks reconsideration of our prior decision sustaining disallowance of his claim for reimbursement for expenses incurred in shipping his privately owned vehicle (POV) to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, incident to a permanent change of station. That disallowance was based on the fact that Mr. Lehmann's travel orders specifically stated that no overseas shipment of a POV was authorized, based on the discretionary authority vested in the authorized official by the provisions of 5 U.S.C. § 5727(b) (2) and the applicable regulations.1/ As explained below, Mr. Lehman's arguments do not provide a basis for allowance of his claim. Mr. Lehmann asserts that the Navy had in fact approved shipment of his POV as being in the best interest of the government, contrary to our statement in our earlier decision that the Navy had not done so. In support of this assertion Mr. Lehmann points to a Navy message dated August 9, 1985, wherein it is stated that the Navy will reimburse Mr. Lehmann for per diem and mileage expense of driving POV to port in accord with Volume 2 of the Joint Travel Regulations (JTR), paragraphs C4250 and C4300. Further, Mr. Lehmann notes that his travel orders dated August 15, 1985, also provided in section 7 Mode of Transportation for the use of a POV as advantageous to the government. However, what Mr. Lehmann did not note is that section 15 of his travel orders specifically stated that no overseas shipment of a POV was authorized. Likewise, the priority message dated July 23, 1985, sent by the Navy to Mr. Lehmann's prior duty station, specifically requested that he be advised that shipment of his POV was not authorized. We note that two separate and distinct travel allowances are involved and that no inconsistency exists when an employee is 1/ Frayne W. Lehmann, B-227534.3, Feb. 21, 1990. 0 f 175- baN67

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