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B-225089 1 (1987-09-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmvp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General S of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof: Joan M. Jenkins - Temporary Lodgings at Permanent Duty Station - Threatened Employee File: B-225089 Date: September 21, 1987 DIGEST A Social Security Administration claims representative whose life was threatened by a disability applicant was advised by police to leave home that night and she spent the night at a local hotel. Agency's appropriated funds are available in circumstances of extreme emergencies involving danger to human life or destruction of Federal property. Here, there was a direct threat to the employee's life arising out of her performance of assigned duties and a clear need for immediate protection. Accordingly, the agency's funds may be used for the expenses incurred. DECISION An official of the Social Security Administration (SSA) requests an advance decision concerning the availability of agency funds to pay for protection of an employee in circumstances where the employee was in immediate life- threatening danger arising from the performance of official duties. BACKGROUND The agency reports that on June 12, 1986, an incident alert was filed with the Federal Protective Service on behalf of Ms. Joan Jenkins, a Claims Representative in the San Diego, California, district office. Ms. Jenkins had been receiving harassing phone calls and letters both at home and at work from a disability applicant. In the midst of this pattern of harassment, Ms. Jenkins received a telephone call on the night of June 17, 1986, from a doctor who was treating the disability applicant and who informed Ms. Jenkins that the individual had threatened to kill her. The doctor further reported his belief that the threat was real and his opinion that the individual was capable of carrying out the threat. Ms. Jenkins immediately notified the police who advised her to leave her home. Acting upon 0j4COQL4 -/ 3 35K

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