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B-205579 1 (1982-06-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkkt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: FILE; B-205579 MATTER OF, C DIGEST; THE3 CUJMPTF1LhLUIR OUNARPAL ? OF TH1 UNITUD STATED /S WASHINGTONo, 0,0. 205 48 DATE: June 21, 1982 onstance A. lackathorn 1 Employee, who was authorized temporary quarters subsistence expenses in connec- tion with a permanent change of station, is not entitled to reimbursement of the amount paid for lodgings in a private residence in the absence of evidence that the rental agreement was the result of 'an arm's-length business trarsaction between the parties, or that the expenses were otherwise reasonable and w;.thih the stand- ards eet forth in 52 Comp. Gen. 78 (1972). 2. In accordance with Matter of Lay, 56 Comp. Gen. 561 (1977), employee is entitled to reasonable attorney feea for advisory and representational services rendered in con- nection with the purchase of a residenice at new duty station if the charges are customarily paid by the purchaser of a residence in the locality involved and within the customary range of charges for such services in the locality. This action is in response to the request of Mr. Dennis A. Sykes, Certifying Officer for the Bureau of Land lManagement, Departmrnt of the Interior, for a deci- sion concerning the claim of an employee, Ms. Constance A. flackathorn, for certain expenses incurred in connection with a permanent change oi station, In her travel author- ization, Ms. Ilackathorn was authorized relocation expenses including those provided for by 5 U.S.C. s 5724a (1970). At issue in this case is Ms. lackathorn's claim for temporary quarters subsistence expenses and for attorney fees incurred in her purchase of a residence at the new duty station. We conclude that she is not entitled to the claimed expenses for lodging3 based on the present record but that she is entitled to teimbursement of the attorney fees.

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