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B-204294 1 (1982-07-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkln0001 and id is 1 raw text is: V 1L94 014 tt7HE.bOMP TOLLER GENERAL DECISION O F THE UNITEC *TAT1E5 WASHINGTON, 0.0 , 50545 FILE; B-204294 DATE: July 7, 1982 MATTER OF; loward Dricks-Transportation of Household Goods-Commuted Rate DIGEST: Employee alleges that personnel at his agency informed him that his household goods would be shipped by Government Bill of Lading (GBL), The employee is not entitled to be re- imbursed for shipment by commercial carrier on an actual expense basis since there is no evidence that appropriate officials made a deter- mination to ship by the actual expense method and employee's effects were not shipped under GBL. R.G. Bordley, Chief of the Accounting and Finance Division, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), requests an advance decision on the claim of Mr. Howard Dricks, an employee of that agency, for the q504.04 difference between the actual expense of shipping 11,000 pounds of his household effects by commercial bill of lading and the amount he was reimbursed on a commuted basis. Since there is no evidence that the appropriate officials authorized shipment of Mr. Dricks' effects under a Government Bill of Lading (GBL), and the gocds wore not shipped by GBL, Mr. Dricks' reimbursement is limited to the amount to which he is entitled under the commuted rate system. His actual expenses in excess of the commuted rate may not be reimbursed, Travel orders issued to Mr. Dricks on July 24, 1979, authorized transportation of his household goods from New York, New York, to Atlanta, Georgia, because of his permanent change of station, btut did not specify the method of shipment or indicate the applicable weight limitation. Personnel at DLA's New York office allegedly advised Mr. Dricks that his goods would be shipped under GBL and furnished him with the names of approved commercial carriers. In accordance with that advice, Mr. Dricks made his own shipping arrangements with a moving company, and, in response to the company's notification that no GBL had been received, Mr. Dricks obtained a letter written by personnel at the New York office stating that the Government would be respunsible for moving expenses.

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