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B-199111 1 (1981-03-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjfd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION FILE: B-199111 / 735A- THE COMPT cLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED BTATES WASHINGTON. 0.C. 20548 DATE: March 17, 1981 MATTER OF: Lieutenant Colonel Charlene P. Holt, USAR Army member whose household goods shipment exceeded her weight allowance seeks reim- bursement for the excess weight charge on the grounds that the movers arrived 2 days earlier than expected and packed goods which were not to be shipped because she was unable, for reasons beyond her control, to supervise the packing. The claim is denied since there is no authority for the Government to pay a member's transportation costs in excess of those authorized by statutory regulations. Lieutenant Colonel Charlene P. Holt, USAR, Medical Corps appeals our Claims Division's denial of her -1aim for reimbursement of tie- excess weight charges incurred in the transportation of her household goods Trom her home in Weiser, Idaho, to her first duty station in Tacoma, Washington. For the following reasons Colonel Holt may not be reimbursed. By orders dated May 31, 1978, directed to her at her home in Weiser, Idaho, Colonel Holt, then a major, was ordered to active duty and was assigned to Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington, with a reporting date of August 25, 1978. Colonel Holt indicates that pursuant to these orders, she contacted the transportation office at the nearest military installation, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, and made arrangements for her household goods to be shipped to Graham, Washington, near her duty station. Colonel Holt says that in planning her move to Washington, she intended to ship only a portion of her property by Government movers. She and her husband intended to either move themselves, sell or donate to charity the remainder of their property. Colonel Holt states that on August 1, 1978, a representative of the moving company met with her to assess the property to be shipped and that she DIGEST:

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