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B-196268 1 (1980-04-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjsx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States General Accounting Office Office of Washington, DC 20548 General Counsel In Reply Referto: B-196268 April 10, 1980 Robert E. Cavanaugh Chief, Branch of Finance Office of the Secretary Department of the Interior Dear Mr. Cavanaugh: Subject: Your letter of September 14, 1979 You ask that we review the file on thetss of &-be k oyft Government Transportation Requests7(GTRs) issued to Michael W. Gaupin, a former employee o- the Office of the Secretary, Department of Interior and furnish a determination of liability. You request specifically our advice on whether payments made to carriers for services furnished under the lost GTRs were proper and if the payments were not proper whether the certifying officer may be relieved of liability. The file shows that a book of ten GTRs, serial numbers D-0,562,841 through D-0,562,850 was issued to Mr. Gaupin late in 1975 or early 1976. On September 2, 1976, after return from two weeks of official travel, and while clearing out his desk preparatory to transfer from the Office of the Secretary to the National Park Service Mr. Gaupin discovered that the book of ten GTRs was missing. On that same day Mr. Gaupin reported the loss by telephone and followed with a written report to the Federal Protective Officer on duty. Mr. Gaupin stated that he had not used any of the GTRs in the missing book. Interior received invoices for payment on eight of the ten missing GTRs. The block on the GTRs entitled FISCAL DATA (Appropriation, authorization, etc.) was either blank or filled in by Interior after receipt for billing by the carriers. Interior then requested legal advice of the General Services Administration (GSA) regarding liability for charges on GTRs D-0,562,845; 846, 848 and 850. GSA advised Interior that the General Accounting Office (GAO) had the authority to approve a determination by the agency to relieve the custodian and to determine liability a-f0,3f

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