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B-184773 1 (1976-09-23)

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                             THE  COMPTR 3LLER GENERAL
DECISIONl                    OF   THE    UNITED      STATES
                             .WASHINGTON         0. C. 20546




FILE:   B-184773                   DATE:         SEP 2 3 1976

MATTER OF:
                Brenda T. Williams - Retroactive
                Correction of Appointment Action
DIGEST:
           Cost of Living Council
           employee had reemploy-
           ment rights at REW.
           Where records show that
           employee was to be
           transferred without a
           break in service,
           appointment papers
           erroneously reflecting
           a break in service may
           be administratively
           corrected.


     This matter concerns the question as to whether the Depart-
ment of Health, Education, and Welfare has authority to effect a
retroactive correction of an appointment action in the caso of
Iiss Brenda T. Williams, an employee of the National Institute of
Education.

     M1iss Williams served under a career appointment in the com-
petitive service with the Office of Economic Opportunity until
February 8, 1973, when she transferred, with recaployiment rights,
to  the Cost of Living Council. She was separated from the Council
effective May 5, 1973, and was given a temporary appointment by
the Office of the Secretary, Health, Education, and Welfare,
effective ,lay 7, 1973, and for a period not to exceed July 1,
1973, after extension.  The record shows that Hiss Williams' tem-
porary appointment in the Office of the Secretary was terminated
July 1, 1973.  The record also shows that on July 2, 1973, -he
was given an excepted appointment not to exceed October 1, 1973,
with the National Institute of Education, Health, Education, and
Welfare, which culminated in a conversion to a reinstatement,

     An inspection of Miss Williams' employment record by the
Civil Service Commission revealed that the July 2 appointment

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