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B-221042 1 (1986-09-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmmb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 UDecision Matter of- Roy M. Josephson File: B-221042 Date: September 26, 1986 DIGEST 1. Former employee of the Forest Service claims payment under 5 U.S.C. § 5722(a)(1) for travel from his alleged residence in Red Wing, Minnesota, on November 4 and 5, 1978, to accept a permanent position of forester with the Forest Service in Petersburg, Alaska, beginning November 5, 1978. The General Accounting Office first received the claim on June 19, 1985, more than 6 years after the date the claim first accrued in November 1978. The claim may not be allowed since 31 U.S.C. S 3702(b) bars consideration of claims re- ceived in the General Accounting Office more than 6 years after the date the claim first accrues, regardless of a prior filing with the claimant's agency. 2. Former Forest Service employee hired locally in Alaska does not qualify for payment of return travel and transpor- tation expenses under 5 U.S.C. 5 5722(a)(2). Benefits under section 5722 are not available to an employee whose place of actual residence at the time of appointment is the same as the official duty station outside of the continental United States at which he is appointed. Forest Service's deter- mination in this case that the employee was a resident of Alaska at the time of his appointment is reasonable and, therefore, entitled to deference. DECISION The question in this case is whether Mr. Roy M. Josephson, a former employee of the Forest Service, United States Depart- ment of Agriculture, is entitled to payment for certain travel and transportation expenses under 5 U.S.C. S 5722 (1982) incident to his appointment to a position in Alaska and upon his return to a designated location after resig- nation from the Forest Service.i/ Mr. Josephson's claim I/ This responds to a request for a decision from C. E. Tipton, a Forest Service certifying officer.

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