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B-186260 1 (1976-07-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaddar0001 and id is 1 raw text is: EECISICN FILE: B-186260 MATTER OF: DIGEST: THECOMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES VASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 ~ IT JUi 1 2 197 6 DATE: Gerald P. Dulaney - Transportation expenses, reporting to first duty station New appointee to shortage category position is entitled to reimbursement of travel and trans- portation expenses for the purpose of reporting to his first duty station under 5 U.S.C. § 5723(a) (1970) only if payment of such expenses has been properly authorized or approved. By letter dated February 18, 1975, Mr. Gerald P. Dulaney appeals the denial of his claim for transportation and travel expenses by Claims Division Settlement Certificate No. Z-2577880, January 22, 1976. Mr. Dulaney's claim for $1,968.35 arises in connection with his initial employment by the Department of the Army at Texarkana, Texas. On February 1, 1974, Mr. Dulaney moved his residence from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Texarkana, Texas, for the purpose of accepting a position as an auditor, series GS-510-09. We are advised that at the time of appointment the position which he accepted was classified as a manpower shortage category position under Appendix A of Chapter 571 of the Federal Personnel Manual. Mr. Dulaney contends that because his was a shortage category position, he is entitled to travel and transportation allowances payable to new appointees under 5 U.S.C. 5 5723(a) (1970) which provides as follows: (a) Under such regulations as the President may prescribe and subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, an agency may pay from its appropriations- (1) travel expenses of a new appointee, or a student trainee when assigned on completion of college work, to a position in the United States for which the Civil Service Commission determines there is a manpower shortage; and (2) transportation expenses of his immediate family and his household goods and personal effects to the extent authorized by section 5724 of this title; Z.3 ol

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