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B-303671 1 (2004-12-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptapqu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SGAO Accountability * Integrity Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 B-303671 December 3, 2004 Mr. Selwyn J. Crews 4005 Woodland Creek Dr. SE, #301 Kentwood, MI 49512 Dear Mr. Crews: This letter responds to your July 12, 2004, letter appealing the adverse determination of liability by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) for the loss of $218,460, which occurred while you were Disbursing Officer at Personnel Support Detachment (PSD), Naples, Italy. In accordance with section 8.10 of title 7 of GAO's Policy and Procedures Manual for Guidance of Federal Agencies (copy enclosed),' GAO does not review military disbursing officer physical loss relief requests on a case-by-case basis. GAO has advised the Secretary of Defense that the availability of relief is to be determined by the Secretary of Defense or the secretary of the military department incurring the loss. B-198451, Feb. 5, 1981. The Secretary declined relief in your case based on a finding of negligence, and we defer to the Secretary's decision.! According to enclosures to your July 12 letter, in September 1995 you attempted to deposit, by mail, $218,460 with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, deposit ticket number 368664. The Federal Reserve Bank never confirmed receipt of the deposit, however, and the deposit was never located, resulting in a physical loss to your account. DFAS found that the cause of the loss was your negligent failure to comply with Department of Defense Financial Management Regulations (DODFMR). Bitz Letter. Specifically, DFAS found a violation of DODFMR paragraph 050403, which requires disbursing officers to initiate follow-up action with a depositary if the disbursing officer has not received confirmation of a deposit from the depositary within a reasonable period of time, but no later than 45 days from the date the deposit was mailed. Id. DFAS, accordingly, denied relief. Id 'Title 7 of the Policy and Procedures Manual is available at GAO's web site, www.gao.gov. 2The Secretary has delegated relief authority to DFAS. Letter from Gregory B. Bitz, Director of Finance, DFAS, to Selwyn J. Crews, Apr. 6, 2000 (citing DFAS Regulation No. 005, enclosure 11) (Bitz Letter).

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