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B-195563 1 (1980-04-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadidu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: OL ER r4. C I 0I 13360 g - . THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FILE: B-195563 IDATE: April 7, 1980 MATTER OF: Thomas N. Wikstrom eimursement for Purchasing Residencj Employee received change-of-station travel .orders to Guam, where he purchased a residence. Residence purchase expenses are reimbursable as 14-month period that employee was stationed in Guam-may be considered as meeting the require- ment of 5 U.S.C. § 5724 and FTR para. 2-1. 2a(l) that the transfer be for permanent duty, even though classification report categorized position as a temporary assignment. John A. Murphy, Acting Chief, Fiscal Services Branch, FinanceDivion, Office of Education, Department of Health, Education and Welfare has requested an advance decision on reimbursing expenses incurred by Mr. Thomas N. Wikstrom for the purchase of a residence incident to his transfer from Washington, D. C. to Guam. The question to be decided is whether Mr. Wikstrom's transfer was permanent' within the meaning of 5 U. S. C. § 5724 and FTR para. 2-1. 2a(l). Both the statute and imple- menting regulations require that the transfer be permanent from one official station to another for reimbursement of real estate expenses to be permitted. The Acting Chief, Fiscal Services Branch, questions whether Mr. Wikstrom's transfer may be considered permanent within the contemplation of the above regulations because of the follow- ing factors. A travel order was issued showing an approximate date of departure as August 25, 1977, and an approximate date of return as October 1, 1978. Further, a Government Trans- portation Request was issued August 23, 1977, showing a planned return to Washington, D. C. The Acting Chief points out that the position description under which Mr. Wikstrom was employed in Guam stated that this is a temporary assigment to Guam not to exceed August 28, 1.978, and that the record contains a memo- randum dated May 23, 1979, from a Personnel Staffing Specialist in the Office of Education which states that from August 29, 1977, £ <- DIGEST:

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