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B-192781 1 (1979-04-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhdt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION FILE: B-192781 THE COlPTROLLER GENERAL . OF THE UNITED STATES- WASHINGTON, D .C. 20548 U.N IT~ F, DATE: April 24, 1979 MATTER OF: Mr. James Ridgell --Re-location - a/mfyrgHousehunting expenses of spouse DIGEST: £-'~~4 7 ...J~I~44~OtI Permission for a househunting trip given verbally to an employee by official not vested with authority to authorize travel after preparation and receipt of travel authorization which did not authorize such trip under Federal Travel Regulations, para. 2-4.1 (May 1973), may not be paid under orders amended after travel was performed. This action is in response to a letter dated August 31, 1978, from Mr. Sol Cohen, Director, Finance Division, General Services Administration (GSA), Region 9, San Francisco, California 94105, Irequesting a decision concerning the propriety of making payment to an employee, Mr. James N. Ridgell, on a voucher in the amount of $576.40. The voucher represents expenses incurred by the employee's wife in connection with a househunting trip incident to an official change of duty station. The submission indicates that Mr. Ridgell was selected for transfer on April 18, 1978, from Sterling, Virginia, to San Francisco, California. His orders were prepared on April 24, 1978, in order to get.advance approval at the regional and central offices, with a transfer date of May 14, 1978. Before his orders were issued, the Regional Commissioner requesting his transfer orally indicated that appropriate authorization of a househunting trip would be sought if necessary. However, item 8a(l) of his travel orders authorized by the Acting Regional Administrator showsround-trip travel to seek permanent quarters was not authorized. The Regional Commis- sioner states that at the time Mr. Ridgell's orders were prepared a househunting trip was intended, but such travel was not indicated in his travel orders because the dates of such househunting travel were not known due to Mr. Ridgell not knowing when his house would be sold. After Mr. Ridgell determined that his house could not be sold immediately, his request for a househunting trip by his wife was verbally approved by the Regional Commissioner. However, the travel orders were not amended prior to Mrs. Ridgell's travel during the period June 8 through June 13, 1978. V I

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