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B-183789 1 (1976-01-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaddsi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: pLLR THE COIPTROL. .R GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D. C. 20548 FILE: DATE: JAN 2 3 1976 B-183789 *%58 MVATTER OF: Gregory J. Cavanagh * Miscellaneous Expense 0 t) Allowance OfGEST: 1. fee incurred for leveling and adjusting of grandfather clock necessary for clock to operate properly incident to transfer of official duty station, is allowable miscel- laneous expense unuer FPMR 101-7, para. 2-3. lb. 2. Claim incident to transfer for reimbursement of cost of postage stamps used to notify periodical publishers and creditors of change of address is not allowable because it is considered to have been an expense incurred for reasons of personal taste or preference under FPKR 101-7, para. 2-3.1c. This decision concerns the propriety of paying two items claimed for reimbursement by Mr. Gregory J. Cavanagh incident to his transfer of official duty stations (1) clock expert's fee for leveling and adjusting grandfather clock ($15); and (2) 38 postage stamps at 10 cent each needed to notify magazines, other periodicals, and credit accounts of change of address. Mr. Cavanagh, an employee of the Energy Research ad Development Adninistration, was transferred from Evergreen, Colorado, to Germantown, Maryland. One item of household goods shipped by Mr. Cavanagh was a grandfather clock that Mr. Cavanagh reports required adjusting and leveling after being placed in its new location in order to put the clock into operation. It is reported that this procedure is necessary to allow the clock to run properly and keep accurate time because of the sensitivity of the clock's devices. Mr. Cavanagh stresses that the clock was disassembled and reassembled properly by the movers and that the need for adjusting and leveling was totally unrelated to any- thing movers did or could have done. Rather, the procedure is inher- ently necessary whenever such a clock is moved from one position to another because no two locations are exactly alike and the adjusting and leveling is necessary to make the clock compatible with any new location.

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