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B-229414 1 (1988-07-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadndq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ZThe Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 2058 Decision Edward Carlin - Temporary Quarters in Former Matter of- Residence File: B-229414 Date: July 25, 1988 DIGEST A transferred employee requests reimbursement for a fee he paid to a relocation company so that his family could remain in their former residence 23 days after the residence was purchased. The claim is denied since the employee's home was not vacated as required by the applicable provisions of the Federal Travel Regulations. DECISION This decision is in response to a request by Roslyn A. Miller, Supervisory Voucher Examiner, National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, for a decision regarding a travel voucher submitted by Mr. Edward Carlin, an employee of the agency. The claim is for reimbursement of a fee charged to him by a relocation company for his family's use of their former residence for 23 days after the residence had been purchased by the relocation company. For the reasons set forth below, we hold that the voucher may not be paid. BACKGROUND Mr. Carlin transferred from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Omaha, Nebraska, in January 1987. He moved to Omaha on March 4, and he was reimbursed temporary quarters subsistence expenses for the period he occupied temporary quarters in Omaha. Mr. Carlin informed the National Park Service in January 1987 that his family would continue to reside in their home in Albuquerque until his children completed the school year and until he had found a new home in Omaha. A relocation company made Mr. Carlin an offer to purchase his home in Albuquerque on April 8, 1987, and gave him 45 days to accept or reject the offer. Mr. Carlin accepted the offer on May 15, 1987, but his family remained in the 0-,14 -t(_

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