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B-207355 1 (1982-10-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkrb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THU COMPTROLLER GENERAL *S*o rC, THE uNIrE =STATES f WAWMINOTCNo 0,0, 9054U FILE: B-207355 MATTER a DI3EBT: F: DATE: October 7, 1982 Mr. Charles E Clark Travel advance outstanding and not liquidated at time of former employee's retirement is not an overpayment of pay or allowances and therefore, may not be con- sidered for waiver under the authority of 5 U.S.C*e5584.Under 5 U.S.C. 5705 and given the Government's right as a creditor to use monies due the individual to reduce or extinquisn a debt due the Government, expenses due former employee for invita- tional travel performed subsequent to retirement are subject to setoff against indebtedress for unliquidated travel advance. This action is in response to a request for decision from an authorized certifying officer, Equal Employment apportunity Commission, concerning the Commission's authority to set off a claim for travel expenses incurred by a former employee subsequent to his retirement, against an indebtedness arising out of a travel advance to him prior to his retirement. In addition, we are asked whether recovery of the unliquidated travel advance be waived. For the reasons stated below, the indebtedness may not be waived and may be collected by setoff. At the Commission's request Mr. Charles E. Clark, a former Regional Director with the Commission, performed invitational travel in 1981 to appear as a witness on behalf of the Commission at a Federal District Court trial. As a result of .that travel, he !;,curred expenses for which he soug'ht reimbursement* It is reported that The Commissio.i's financial brinch approved reimbursement in the amount of $285.35. Hfowever, during processing of his travel voucher it was discovered that he had an outstanding debt to the United States in the amount of $707.53, which represented the uuliquidated portion of a 111M

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