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B-246479 1 (1992-06-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadoer0001 and id is 1 raw text is: * :326 Comptmner Genel 6 pof the Unlted States S Wa~utWmAtou, DC. 20548 s Decision ao Matter of: Michael P, Callahan Temporary Quarters Subsistence Expenses File: B-246479 Date: June 9, '1992 DIGEST A transferred employee was authorized 30 days temporary quarters subsistence expenses (TQSE), with two subsequent extensions, but the agency denied his claim for reimburse- ment for the first 30 days on the basis that he signed a 1-year lease and moved his household goods into his apart- ment and on-site storage, We conclude that, at the time he moved into the apartment, he only intended to occupy it on a temporary basis, The lease required no deposit and allowed N cancellation on 30 days written notice with penalty, over - 50 percent of his household goods were not unpacked, he made .- an intensive effort to locate suitable housing, and h6 signed a purchase agreement on a house about 5 weeks after his relocation, Moreover, employee's wife was pregnant and * he knew apartment was too s..-ll for larger family. He is, therefore, entitled to reimbursement for TQSE, and our Claims Group settlement upholding the agency denial is hereby overruled. DECISION V Mr. Michael P. Callahan appeals our Claims Group settle- ment' .which disallowed his claim for reimbursement of temporary quarters subsistence expenses (TQSE) incident to a permanent change of station. We overrule our Claims Group's action for the following reasons. BACKGROUND Mr. Callahan, an employee of the Social Security Administra- tion (SSA), was transferred from his official duty station in Melbourne, Florida, to Baltimore, Maryland, with a reporting date of September 24, 1990. He was authorized an initial period of TQSE for 30 days, with two subsequent $extensions. IZ-2867294, July 24, 1991. * .1 , , *, , * . 4

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