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B-210657 1 (1984-05-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlsn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: eTHE COMVPTROILLER UENERAL OECISION . . OP THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. O.C. 20548 FILE( B-210657 DATE: May 25, 1984 MATTER OF: Edgar T. Callahan - Payment of Relocation Expenses - Reconsideration DIGEST: The Chairman of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) was reimbursed for relocation expenses he incurred fol- lowing his appointment to that position in 1981. Prior decision that Chairman was not entitled to such expenses is affirmed because: (1) at the time of the Chairman's appointment, there was no authority in 5 U.S.C. Chapter 57, Subchapter II, for payment of relocation expenses to Presidential appointees; (2) the NCUA's operating fund constitutes an appropriated fund, subject to statutory restrictions on the use of such funds; (3) it is not material that the NCUA's Central Liquidity Facility (CLF) reimbursed NCUA for the Chairman's relocation expenses, since the Chairman is an employee of NCUA, not CLF; and (4) the Government cannot be bound by erroneous advice provided to the Chairman by NCUA officials. The General Counsel of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), on behalf of the Honorable Edgar T. Callahan, Chairman of the NCUA Board, requests reconsidera- tion of our decision in Edgar T. Callahan, B-210657, November 15, 1983 (63 Comp. Gen. 31). In that decision, we held that Mr. Callahan was not entitled to be reimbursed for the travel and relocation expenses he incurred in reporting to his first duty station. For the reasons stated below, we affirm our prior decision. BACKGROUND In 1981, Mr. Callahan, who was not then a Federal employee, was appointed to the position of Chairman, NCUA Board. The three-member NCUA Board is appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the 0 1c0

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