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B-238271.2 1 (1992-01-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnzw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Wauhinston, D,C, 20648 Decision Matter of: John P. Maille - Failure to Complete Year of Service - Relocation Expenses and Improper Leave Status File: B-238271,2 Date: January 31, 1992 DIGEST 1, An employee left the federal service to accept a position with a local government after completing only 10-1/2 months of service under an agreement to remain in government service for one year incident to receiving relocation benefits or to repay such benefits as required by 5 U.S.C § 5724(i) (1988). The debt for his relocation benefits is not subject to waiver under 5 U.S.C. § 5584 (1988) because the payment of the benefits was not erroneous when made, but became a debt when he failed to complete the service. 2. An employee in effect abandoned his federal position on the date he began a job with a local government, prior to completing a required year of service incident to a relocation he received from his federal employer. To give the appearance of completing the required year of service, the employee submitted documents purporting to show him on annual leave, sick leave and leave without pay through the end of the required time in service. Pay for sick leave and a holiday he received after abandoning federal employment were erroneous payments subject to collection. Waiver of these payments is denied because the employee has not met the standards for waiver under 5 U.S.C. § 5584 (1988). DECISION Mr. John P. Maille, a former employee of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), appeals our Claims Group's settlement' denying his claims for relief from his indebtedness to the United States arising from his failure to complete the required 1 year of service incident to his transfer to a new duty station. His indebtedness consists of the relocation allowances he received and erroneously authorized pay for sick leave and a holiday for periods iZ-2902421, August 29, 1991.

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