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B-199128 1 (1980-11-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjxe0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States Genera! Accounting Office Office of Washington, DC 20548 General Counsel In Reply B-199128 Refer t0.o-: WTJV 1980O The Honorable James B. King Chairman, National 1, ow Transportation Safety Board hf J Dear Mr. King: This is in response to a letter from B. Michael Levins, Director, Bureau of Administration, requesting that Class B Cashier Elaine Jefferson, a Board employee, be relieved from liability for a $610.43 imprest fund loss. For the reasons that follow, relief is granted. According to the record, the loss could have occurred at any time between 3:30 p.m., July 18, and 11:00 a.m., July 19, 1979. At approximately 3:30 p.m. on July 18, Hrs. Jefferson placed her cash box in the second drawer of her safe and closed it. Mrs. Jefferson, however, did not actually lock this drawer or the safe until 4:50 p.m. on the same day. Upon leaving at 4:50 p.m., Mrs. Jefferson locked the drawer and the outer door to the safe. At 5:00 p.m., Ms., Isler, the Accounting Officer, checked to assure that the safe was locked, and then locked the office door. On the following morning, July 19, Mrs. Jefferson arrived at the office at 8:10 a.m., and unlocked the door to the office. She did not notice any- thing unusual. After opening the outer door of the safe, Mrs. Jefferson left the office to eat breakfast about 8:20 a.m. Since another employee was in the office, Mrs. Jefferson did not lock the outer safe door. The cash box drawer was locked. At approximately 11:00 a.m., Mrs. Jefferson unlocked the cash box drawer of the safe and discovered that all cash was missing ex- cept for a few pennies. Ms. Isler, the Accounting Officer, was called upon immediately to check the cash box to assure that there was no mistake. Upon inspection of the office premises, Ms. Isler thought that the door had been tampered with but there was no indication that the safe or the cash box drawer had been forced or tampered with. Subsequently, Ms. Isler notified the local police, building security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Secret Service, of the apparent burglary. To date, their investigations have failed to reveal what caused the loss and none of the missing cash has been recovered. (The General Accounting Office is authorized) pursuant to 31 U.S.C. § 82a-l (1976),(to grant relief from liability for a physical loss to an accountable officer upon its concurrence with determinations by the depart- ment or agency head that:

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