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B-248955 1 (1992-07-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadocw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I sO Comptroller General of the United States WStngO, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Wile: Date: Gary Spangelo B-248955 July 24, 1992 DIGEST An agency may not pay the costs associated with an employee's attainment of a professional engineering certificate which the agency required as a qualification for the employee's position. It has long been held that the costs of qualifying for a federal position are personal to the employee. DECISION The Burea condition Engineer' professio necessary claim for that Mr. decisions decisions since he him by th u of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, as a of Mr. Gary Spangelo's employment in a Regional s position, required that he become a' registered nal engineer. Mr. Spangelo took and passed the state-administered examination and submitted a the costs he incurred.' The agency acknowledges Spangelo's claim is not payable under previous of this Office, but, nonetheless, asks that those be reconsidered so that his claim may be paid incurred the costs to meet a requirement imposed o e agency.2 As the agency notes, it is a long-standing rule that individuals must bear the cost of qualifying themselves for positions in the federal service, including the costs of obtaining personal licenses when necessary. 22 Comp. Gen. 460 (1922); 46 Comp. Gen. 695 (1967); 61 Comp. Gen. 357 (1982); Audrey Rose and Allen Bailey, B-218964, Nov. 26, 1985. These cases and others cited therein have consistently applied this rule to a variety of professional occupations, even when the agency supports the employee's efforts. We see no basis now to disturb such well-settled 'These costs include materials ($234) and 2The matter Operations, the examination fee ($90), travel expenses ($225). study was submitted to us by the Chief1 Accounting Administrative Service Center, Denver, Colorado. A flUfl Srl

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