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B-221677 1 (1986-07-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmjx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION . OF THE UNITEKO STATES WASHINGTON. D. C. 20548 UNITSO FILE: B-221677 DATE: July 21, 1986 MATTER OF: Emily R. Cooper - Relocation Expenses - Service Agreement DIGEST: An Agriculture employee, who signed a 1-year service agreement after a reloca- tion at Government expense, left Agriculture after 11 months and accepted employment with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Although the FDIC is not an agency covered by the relocation statutes, we conclude that employment with the FDIC is Government service for the purposes of a relocation service agreement. ISSUE The issue presented in this decision is whether an employee who was reimbursed by the Department of Agriculture for relocation expenses and agreed to remain in Government service. for 12 months has broken that agreement by leaving Agriculture after 11 months and accepting employment with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), a mixed- ownership Government corporation. We hold that while the FDIC is not covered under the relocation statutes, employ- ment with the FDIC is Government service for the purposes of a service agreement under the relocation statutes. BACKGROUND This decision is in response to a letter from the Office of Finance and Management, Department of Agriculture, concerning the payment of relocation expenses to Ms. Emily Cooper, a former employee of Agriculture. In September 1984, Ms. Cooper transferred to a new duty station while employed by Agriculture and was reim- bursed for her relocation expenses. In connection with that transfer, she signed a service agreement obligating herself for 1 year of Government service. See 5 U.S.C. S 5724(i) (1982). However, after 11 months, Ms. Cooper accepted employment with the FDIC, and Agriculture questions whether

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