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B-205187 1 (1981-12-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjyr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: // 7/6/ DECISION B-205187 MATTER C DIGEST$ IF; TI uCnMPTROLLERPi OBPBRAL OF THE UNITIO BTATEU WAS 13H IN GTO N, oDCh 10134 8 DATE; December 2, 1981 James E, Wallace-- Reimbursement for Shipment of Household Goods A transferred employee whose claim for shipment of household qoods was denied by the agency in accordance with para, 2-1,5a(2) of thtt Federal Travel Regulations because the shipment took place more than 2 years after the effective date of the transfer, may not be reimbursed, The em- ployee reported to his new duty statioil before travel authorization was signed but later date may not be used for computation of 2-year period for regulation define effective date Cf transfer as date employee reports to new dtuty station (see FTR para. 2-1.4) and agency's clear intent was to .transfer employee on the earlier date, This decision is in response to a request for an advance decision from Mr. Marvitn E. DeMoss, Assistant Director for Administration, Department of Energy, Regiot 'VI. Mr. PeMoss has asked whether a reclaim voucher submitted by Mr. James E. Wallace for reimbursement of the cost of shipping hil house- hold goods may be certified for payment. Mr, DeMoss reports that Mr. Wallace's claim for $30074 was previously disal- lowed because the shipment of the household goods did not take place within 2 years from the date he reported to his new duty station as required by paragraph 2-1.5a(2) of the Federal Travel Regulations (EPMR 101-7, May 1973). Mr. Wallace mLkes several arguments that his shipment should be considered to have occurred within the 2-year period. However, for the reasons explained below, we find that Mr. Wallace's clim must be denied. Mr. Wullace's claim arose as the result of his transfer from Little Rock, Arkansas, to Eldorado, Arkansas. The travel authorization was dated July 10, 1978, but Mr. Wallace actually reported for duty on June 18, 1978. He did so ap.- parently as the result of a letter dated June 9, 1978, from th* Director of the Southwest District, Office of Special Counsel, which confirmed an earlier telephone conversation establishing that his appointmsnt would be effective June 18, 1978. The file shows that Mr. Wallace's household goodb were shipped on July 24, 1980. He states that this shipmeut I i FILE:

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