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B-227469 1 (1988-10-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadngc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 8 \ A Fti __ The Comptroler General of the United States Wmahingo, D.C. 2048 Decision Matterof- Thomas P. Madden - Relocation Expenses File: B-227469 Date: October 17, 1988 DIGEST Household goods transportation expenses for a new appointee to the federal service are authorized by law and the Federal Travel Regulations to persons appointed to positions which have been designated as manpower-shortage positions. The fact that agency officials erroneously authorized reim- bursement of expenses for an appointee to a position which was not designated a manpower-shortage position provides no basis for payment since a payment not authorized by statute or regulation will not form the basis for estoppel against the qovernment. Claim is not appropriate for reporting to the Congress under the Meritorious Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. S 3702(d), since it does not contain equities of unusual nature. DECISION The Executive Director for Operations, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), requests a decision on the claim of Mr. Thomas P. Madden for reimbursement of household goods transportation expenses he incurred in moving to his first duty station. We conclude that his claim may not be allowed. We also conclude, in response to NRC's inquiry, that this is not an appropriate matter for submission to the Congress under the Meritorious Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. S 3702(d). BACKGROUND NRC offered Mr. Madden an appointment to the position of Physical Security Investigator, grade GS-13, in a letter dated March 12, 1987, which was mailed to his address in Harvey, Louisiana. This position was at an NRC regional office in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, and NRC advised him in the letter that he would be eligible to move to Pennsylvania at agency expense if he accepted the appoint- ment. On April 14, 1987, NRC officials informed him by O-4 V /37117

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