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B-215911 1 (1984-12-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmcb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 3%0C6 0 ~ THE COMPTROLLER GENERNAL OKOISION OP THE UNITEO STATES cii: WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 4'UN 1ry. FILE: 3-215911 DATE: December 26, 1984 MATTER OF: Timothy W. Dewey - Relocation Expense - House-hunting Trip DIGEST: 1. An employee received a permanent change-of-station transfer and made an advance house-hunting trip which was not authorized or approved by his agency. On reclaim, he asserts entitlement on the basis that it was cost beneficial to the government and that determinations of this type may be deferred until after transfer. Under the Federal Travel Regulations, para. 2-4.3(c), prior authorization for a house-hunting trip is required. In the absence of written authoriza- tion, prior verbal or other informal approval by competent authority, or administrative error, an employee may not be reimbursed such expenses. Even though the trip allegedly resulted in reduced government costs, the employee may not be reimbursed those expenses. See decisions cited. 2. An employee was transferred to a new duty station but was not author- ized an advance house-hunting trip, which was consistent with then- existing agency policy. He claims reimbursement for the trip he per- formed on the grounds that a second employee was authorized a house- hunting trip under similar cir- cumstances. The second employee was authorized a house-hunting trip under a revised agency policy which permitted advance house-hunting trips, and that does not provide a basis to reimburse the first employee. o3S69QfT

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