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B-212648 1 (1984-02-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlnd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OUCISION . oP THE UNITEO STATE8 WSHINGTON. 0. 0. 20548 FILE: B-212648 DATE: February 6, 198h MATTER OF: Murrel C. Hoage - Failure to Transfer After House-Hunting Trip DIGEST: Employee declined transfer after house-hunting trip, contending that he could not find suitable and affordable housing at new duty station. If reason for declination was in fact beyond employ- ee's control and acceptable to agency, GAO will not object to agency's payment of expenses of house-hunting trip. However, whether or not reason meets this test is primarily for determination by agency, and GAO will not disturb agency's decision unless it is clearly erroneous, arbitrary, or capricious. Mr. C. L. Winn, a certifying officer of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional Office, requests an advance decision as to whether Mr. Murrel C. Hoage may be reimbursed for house-hunting expenses he incurred in anticipation of a permanent change of station which was not effected. We hold that the agency may pay the claimed expenses if it deter- mines that the employee declined to transfer for a reason which was beyond his control and is acceptable to the agency. Mr. Hoage, a grade GS-7 employee of the Bureau of Reclamation, Scoggins Dam, Gaston, Oregon, was placed in the Bureau's Surplus Employee Placement Program in anticipa- tion of a transfer of functions from the Scoggins Dam office to the Tualatin Valley Irrigation District. As a result, he was offered a position, without having applied for it, as an Irrigation System Operator, grade GS-7, in the Cachuma Operations Office, Santa Ynez, California. He accepted the position, signing a continued service agreement on April 7, 1983. In order to seek permanent residence for his family, including a dependent grandchild, Mr. Hoage and his spouse performed authorized house-hunting travel to Santa Ynez between April 29 and May 7, 1983. He received a $2,000 travel advance for this purpose. 0Y 771D

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