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B-213449 1 (1984-04-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadouc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFE WASHINTON, OZ. 245 B-2136 CArOL. B-213449 April 10, 19R4 Mr. PSC OX 101 APO Miami 34007 Dear We refer to your letter dated October 5, 1983, to the Comptroller General of the United States in which you request a decision on the question of whether unused sick leavet pre- viously earned in another Federal agency# should be included as part of total service for the purpose of computing the annuity of an employee who retires after service with the Panama Canal Commission. You state that you are currently employed by the Panama Canal Commission, apparently on the Tsthmus of Panama, and are seeking a reversal of Panama Canal Commission and Office of Personnel Management policies which have the effect of denying credit in computing civil service annuities of retiring Canal Commission employees for unused sick leave earned in prior employment in other Federal agencies. You contend that the position violates the intent of Public Law 91-93# which was intended to encourage employees to save their sick leave for use in increasing their retirement annuity. Although the Comptroller General and General Accounting Office exercise jurisdiction to settle certain claims for leave credi the decision you referred to (B-199794), 59 Comp. Gen. 704 (1980), claims under s serv0ce retirement system are outside that claims settlement authority. Those claims are matters for adjudication by the Office of Personnel Management. B-211256, June 7, 1983. Office of Personnel Management's decisions concerning retirement are final and conclusive except for possible appeals to Merit Systems Protection Board and the court, 5 U.S.C. 5 8347. Thus, while a Comptroller General's decision is not being rendered in this matter, the following explanation may be of help to you. Section 203(5) of Public Law 91-93, October 20, 1969, 83 Stat. 139, amended the Civil Service Retirement Act by adding a new subsection to 5 U.S.C. 5 8339, subsection (m).

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