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B-231120.2 1 (1989-06-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnme0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Adrian F. Tuck - Relocation - Household Goods Matter of- Excess Insurance Costs - Waiver File: B-231120.2 Date: June 23, 1989 DIGEST An employee, who was appointed to a manpower shortage position, seeks waiver of a debt arising from excess insurance which he obtained on his household goods shipment. An employee may be granted waiver in such case if the agency provided the employee with erroneous information and he acted in reliance thereon to his financial detriment. Since there is no showing here that erroneous information was provided him by the agency, waiver is denied. Cf. Paul Rodriguez, 67 Comp. Gen. 589 (1988). DECISION This decision is in response to a request from the Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), United States Department of Commerce. The issue is whether Mr. Adrian F. Tuck may have his debt to the United States waived. We conclude that waiver may not be granted. BACKGROUND Mr. Tuck, a citizen and resident of the United Kingdom, was appointed by NOAA to a manpower shortage position as a research chemist. He was authorized travel and transporta- tion for himself and three dependents and shipment of his household goods from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, to his first duty station, Boulder, Colorado. Incident to that move, Mr. Tuck secured additional insurance on his household goods shipment. Upon completion of his travel, the agency paid the carrier the cost of his household goods shipment and billed Mr. Tuck for $1,395.63. This amount represented insurance on his household goods at the rate of $2.50 per hundred dollars of valuation for the entire shipment ($55,825), which was in excess of the $0.60 per pound authorized to be paid by the government for standard liability coverage. 4ea.3 / 7,

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