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B-199119 1 (1980-12-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaditv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: . 1 DECISION j 1_ /FILE: B-199119 MATTER OF: Petty Officer Richard E. Pittman, USN Service member erroneously received BAQ at the with dependent rate while he and his dependents occupied Govern- ment quarters as the result of an administrative error which occurred when member's pay account was converted to a computerized system (JUMPS). Although the member questioned the accuracy of his pay during the period of overpayment, waiver of the debt may not be granted since he regularly received leave and earnings statements which plainly showed that he was receiving BAQ. Also, he failed to disclose to disbursing personnel when he questioned the accuracy of his pay that he and his dependents were residing in Government quarters. Petty Officer Richard E. Pittman, USN, requested reconsideration of our Claims Division's denial of his application for waiver of the claim of the United States against him resulting from erroneous payments made to him of a basic allowance for quarters at the with dependent rate during the period July 1, 1976, through July 11, 1977. For the following reasons the claim against Petty Officer Pittman may not be waived and the action taken by our Claims Division is sustained. On August 5, 1975, while stationed in Norfolk, Virginia, Petty Officer Pittman and his dependents were assigned to Government quarters. As a result of this assignment he lost his entitlement to receive a basic allowance for quarters. 37 U.S.C. 403(b) (1976). In June 1976, Petty Officer Pittman's pay account was converted to the computerized Joint Uniform Military Pay System (JUMPS). At the time of conversion the disbursing office which maintained his pay records failed to indicate on the conversion document that Petty Officer Pittman was residing DIGEST: I TI4E C0MPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. 0. C. 20546 OATE:December 30, 1980 I H 05

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