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B-194642 1 (1979-08-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhnu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: p THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION * OF THE UNITED STATES a WASHINGTON. D.C. 20549 B-194642 A0' DA OF: Cecil M. Halcomb, et a New Appointees for Tra Sz. TE: August 24, 1979 l. -LReimbursement of Lvel and Relocation Expenses DIGES FILE: MATTER r: 1. New appointees cannot be reimbursed travel and relocation expensr from Washingt cn, D.C., to next duty station. .YRecord indicates that agency erroneously indicated Washington as permanent duty station instead of temporary duty station while appointees were trained for 4 months. New appointees must bear expense of reporting to first official duty station and such duty station must be where major part of employees' duties are performed and where they are expected to spend greater part of time. Government is not responsible for unauthorized acts of its agents. Erroneous payments must be collected. 2.% New appointees were erroneously authorized house-hunting trips from training site to first official station. Agency should charge employees annual leave for time spent on house-hunting trips,/If leave charges result in negative leave balances, there are overpayments of pay which may be considered foi' waiver under 5 U. S. C. § 5584. However, annual leave should not be charged for excess traveltime en route to appointees' first duty station required because of training. hires and transferees may be authorized subsistence at Washington, D. C., since it is a. training site and not a permanent duty station.; Rate should be that authorized by Federal Travel Regulations. In this connection Washington has been designated as high-rate geographic area. 1 4 e/'Mes who traveled to training sites en route to first duty station may be authorized travel expenses in excess of what would have been incurred in traveling direct from employees' homes to their first duty station.

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