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B-201344 1 (1981-09-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjtt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ar 4 DECISION FILE: B-201344 MATTER DIGEST: OF: Michael L. Parra -'Storage of household goods by employee's parents Employee of Veterans Administration was transferred from New Hampshire to Phil- ippines. He was authorizedto store goods and he stored them in a house owned by his parents. Record discloses no con- tract between VA and parents for storage. Under Foreign Service Regulation § 171 contained in Vol. 6 of Foreign Affairs Manual, which is applicable to VA employ- ees assigned to Philippines Offices, VA assumes no obligation nor undertakes any services with respect to effects not in storage under contract between VA and Storage firm. Claim is disallowed. This decision is in response to a letter from Mr. G. E. Endermuhle, Chief, Support Services Divi- sion, Manila Regional Office, Veterans Administration (VA), requesting an advance decision on whether a voucher covering the nontemporary storage of the house- hold goods of an overseas VA employee submitted by his parents may be paid. For the reasons set below, we hold that the claim may not be paid. Under Travel Authority No. 358-8, dated December 27, 1979, Michael L. Parra, a VA employee, was authorized travel for permanent duty from Manchester, New Hampshire, to the VA Regional Office in Manila, Philippines. The travel order authorized the shipment of up to 4,000 lbs. of household goods to his new station and also authorized the nontemporary storage of the balance. The VA Medical Center in Manchester, New Hampshire authorized the ship- ment of the balance of the household goods to a Los Angeles, California address. The record shows that the address is that of a house owned by the employee's parents. There is no evidence of any contract entered into between the VA and the employee's parents for the storage of the household goods nor is there any evidence of what steps, if any, were taken to determine the ade- quacy of other storage facilities either in New Hampshire or in Los Angeles. THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. O.C. 20548 DATE: September 29, 1981

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