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B-187542 1 (1977-03-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadeds0001 and id is 1 raw text is: / b. THE COMPTFIOLLR GrENGRAL DECIgION .0:. OF TIM UNITED *TATea SWAIIINGTON, 0.C. 2054 I ITO FILE: 5-187542 DATE: MAR 16 I MATTER OF: Post differetial payments fEr details to the Antarctic DIGEST: National Science oundation (NSF) mploy s detailed tW the Antarctic for periods of 1 to 3 months way not be issued parranent chanage of station orders for the sole purpose of entitling than to post differ- ential payments from the date of arrival at pout. Since there Is in statutory restriction on payment of post differential for the first 42 days of an extended detail of 42 days or more, NSF should request State Department to authorize retrnactive payment of the differential as it has in the case of details to Lebanon and Viet Nan. See 43 Comp. Gen. S83 (1966). The Actint Director of the Nationl Slcience Foundation has requested our concurrence in a proposal to pay pout differential to employees aisigned to duty in the Antaitic commencing on the first day of their arrival, on that continent. The individual asignments are from 1 to 3 months in duration. In the event post differential is not authorized commencing an the first day of their arriral the agenc, proposes to send employees to the Antaretic as a change of station and then waive the fulfillment of serving the 1-year servits agreemut which would be required incident to a permanent change of station. Noting that post differential is payabla after the 42nd da7 of a detaji. under section 540 oif the Standardized 'Regulations (Govern- ment .Ci' lans, YorignAreas), the Acting Director points cut, hwver, Chat suchedifferential is payable from dateof arrival at postaIuc4cint to transfer of station undsr section 513 of the Standardiad- Regu iions. Because of the severe enviromental cocditions and consequent difficultieu in asining employees to duty in the Antarctic, the tionl1Science Foundation'propose to issue permanent change of 6tation - orders to all anployees so essigned. The ActIis Director questions whether permanent change of station orders may be issued when it is known that the omployees will remain In the Antarctic only briefly and vill be unable to fulfill the terms of the 1-year agreement required to be executed in connecLion with traters of stmtion.

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