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B-192440 1 (1978-09-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadglf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: FILE: B-19244( /e& TIo .EE idPTMOLLER SENOAL GF*uwitm UNTN TATUS wAs804iNGTON., D.C. 00040 -PIP0 DATE: Uqptabr 29, 19T8 MATTER OF: Ms. Georgie M. Bond - Pelocation - House- hunting trip DIGEST: Employee accepted a position at new duty station. She made a househunting trip prior to issuance of official written authorization for the'trip and the transfer. She may not be reimbursed unless it can be eelabliehed that he official vested with authority to transfer the employee had verbally authorized the trip before it was taken. This action is in response to a letter dated July 19, 1978, with enclosures, from Ms. Elizabeth A. Allen, Chief, Fiscal Section, Ifsternal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, requesting a decimion conceriing the propriety of making payment on a voucher in the amonnt of $182. 28, in favor of Me. Georgie M. Bond, an employee 'At:the Internal Revenue Service. The-voucher represents expenses incurred by the employee on a househunting trip incident tU an official change of station. The submission indicates that Ms. Bond, an employee of the Internal -Revenue Service, Austin Service Center, received a per- manbnt change of station assigne-nt to the Dallas Distfict Office effetive August 14, 1977. The factaof record associated with the transfer are tiat during the period Jiily 30-Augast 1 1977, the eiployee traveled to Dallas, Texas, from Austin, Texas, on a househunthg tip; that- by agency Form 4282 executed by the employee, dated Augut 2, 1977, she agreed to remain in the employ 'o the Government for a minimum of 12 months in exchange for the transfer; that the SF 50, 1Notification of Personnel Action, issued in her case was signed and dated August 10, 1977- and that the Form 4253, Authorization for Moving Ecpenses ' was signed by the Acting Director, Dallas District, and dated August 15, 1977. Among the items listed on the latter form as being reimbursable to her was item 2d., iousehunting round trip for herself by privately owned vehi6le. The expected date of this occurrence was stated as being August 15, 1977. On the-initial claim for reimbursement of travel and transportation expenses,. the cost of her pretransfer househunting expense was dis- allowed based on certdin of the provisions of the Internal Revenue Manual which provides generally that a round trip to seek quarters at a new duty station will not be performed at Government expense until LJ7~ I I I

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