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B-238898 1 (1991-04-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacsoj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: United States General Accounting Ottlee Wabidngton, D.C. 20548 Offlee of the General Counsel B-238898 April 1, 1991 Mr. Anthony Dudley Associate Comptroller Financial Operations . United States Department of State/ Washington, DC 20520 Dear Mr. Dudley: This responds to your request t t this Office grant relief, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. § 3527(a) (1988), to Ms. Anne van Schuppen, who incurred an unexplained loss in the amount of $1,000 on December 7, 1988, while serving as Alternate Class B Cashier for the Embassy in The Hague. As explained below, we are unable to grant relief in this case. - Your. submission indieates that this. loss took- place while Ms. van Schuppen was performing her official duties, and states that there is no evidence of fault or negligence by [her) or by her supervisor. It is speculated in the submission that, during one or more of the transactions undertaken that day, Ms. van Schuppen either received $1,000 less or paid $1,000 more than she realized. Your submission places the responsibility for the loss upon management in the Embassy in The Hague, suggesting that the Embassy assigned duties to Ms. van Schuppen for which she was not properly qualified. You base this finding on the fact that Ms. van Schuppen, rated at the grade of FSN-5 at the time of the loss,1/ was assigned to this task in contravention of State Department procedure A-176, which specifies on pages 63-64 that, in the absence of advance written permission (which was not obtained in this case), only employees. rated FSN-7 or higher may be assigned as Alternate Cashiers. Under 31 U.S.C. § 3527(a , this Office is authorized to- grant relief if it concurs in findings made by the- employing agency, based upon competent, affirmative evidence, that the loss occurred while the accountable officer was acting in the discharge of official duties, and that it happened without fault or negliggce on the part of the accountable officer. E.g., B-213427,ADec. 13, 1983. We cannot concur in your findings in this case: 1/ Your letter indicates that the term FSN refers to Foreign Service National employee. 7606qO/ oSr 672>

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