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B-222905 1 (1987-03-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmqn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: L 0 The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof: Mrs. Elender C. Hill File: B-222905 Date: March 30, 1987 DIGEST Veterans Administration employee who requested a transfer from the Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC), Dallas, Texas, to VAMC, Kansas City, Missouri, in order to be near her seriously ill son is entitled to relocation expenses incurred in connection with that transfer since the agency's need to fill a vacancy with a qualified individual was the controlling factor in her selection. The fact that the transfer also benefited the employee does not preclude payment for otherwise allowable expenses. We will not over- turn agency's determination that the employee's transfer was in the Government's interest since the decision was not arbitrary, capricious or clearly erroneous. DECISION This is in response to a request from the Director of the Office of Budget and Finance, Veterans Administration (VA), for a decision concerning the legality of reimbursing a VA employee for relocation expenses associated with an official transfer. The employee, Mrs. Elender C. Hill, is seeking payment for expenses she incurred incident to a transfer from the Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC), Dallas, Texas, to VAMC, Kansas City, Missouri. The VA's concern arose as a result of a special audit of travel voucher processing conducted at VAMC, Kansas City. The auditors questioned an action taken by the Director, VAMC Kansas City, authorizing the payment of relocation expenses to Mrs. Hill although she had requested the transfer to Kansas City so that she could be near her son who is seriously ill. Based on our review of the record, we believe that Mrs. Hill is entitled to relocation expenses since the agency's determination that the transfer was in the Government's interest was not arbitrary, capricious or clearly erroneous. C05&49 *T

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