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B-265864 1 (1995-12-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptacfi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Dr. Loren T. Wilkenfeld File: B-265864 Date: December 7, 1995 DIGEST A new employee received travel orders authorizing the shipment of her household goods from her residence to her duty station. Although the travel orders did not authorize the shipment of the employee's two vehicles, the employee chose to have them shipped with her household goods. The resulting debt for the excess costs of shipping the vehicles may not be waived. Generally, debts resulting from excess costs or excess weight charges may be considered for waiver only if the employee is able to show that the costs were incurred in reliance on an erroneous authorization from the agency. Although a representative from the carrier may have provided the employee with erroneous advice, the employee has not established that she received any erroneous advice from an agency official. DECISION Dr. Loren T. Wilkenfeld requests reconsideration of our Claims Group's settlement, Z-2942033-025, Mar. 23, 1995, denying her request for waiver of her $1,794.99 debt to her agency for excess costs incurred in the shipment of her automobiles to her duty station. The settlement is affirmed. BACKGROUND Incident to her appointment to the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in Salisbury, North Carolina, the agency issued Dr. Wilkenfeld travel orders authorizing the shipment of her household goods (HHG) to Salisbury, from her residence in Carlsbad, California, using a government bill of lading (GBL). Although her travel orders did not authorize the shipment of her two vehicles, Dr. Wilkenfeld had the vehicles shipped to her duty station with her HHG. Because automobiles are excluded from the types of HHG that may be shipped at government expense, see Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) 41 C.F.R. § 302-1.4(j)(i), the agency has sought to recover from Dr. Wilkenfeld the excess costs for the shipment of the vehicles. 1232127

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