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B-192440 1 (1979-08-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhml0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 0iAER cR p THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION . OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FILE: B-192440 DATEAugust 8, 1979 MATTER OF: Ms. Georgie M. Bond - Relocation - Sr, felvAirsom 4Househunting trip , esj Employee transferred to new duty station, who made a househunting trip prior to issuance.of written au.thorization for the trip and the transfer, may now be reimbursed expenses since evidence has been presented to show that she was verbally authorized the trip before it was taken by a responsible official with authority to authorize the trip. .Ms. Elizabeth A. Allen, Chief, Accounting Section, Southwest Region, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, Dallas, Texas, requests reconsideration of our decision B-192440, September 29, 1978, denying reimbursement of expenses in the amount of $182.28 incurred by Ms. Georgie M. Bond on a househunting trip incident to an official change of station. Based upon new evi- dence that Ms. Bond was verbally authorized the trip by a respon- sible official prior to the issuance of the official written authorization and before she incurred any househunting expenses, these expenses may be reimbursed. The original submission indicates that after accepting a position at a new duty station, Ms. Bond, an employee of the Internal Revenue Service, made a househunting trip prior to issu- ance of official authorization for the trip and transfer. Reim- bursement was deni*ed previously since there was no indication on the voucher or any other information of record to show that she was verbally authorized by an appropriate official to make the househunting trip at the time she did. In the request for reconsideration, we are informed that Mr. R. Rhodes, Chief, Office Branch, Dallas, a responsible offi- cial designated to make arrangements for Ms. Bond's move from Austin to Dallas, Texas, gave her verbal authorization before she incurred any househunting expenses. This verbal authorization is sufficient to allow payment of the househunting trip expenses, notwithstanding the fact that no prior written authorization was issued. See B-185511, March 3, 1976, and decisions cited therein. DIGEST: P49 / w~

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