Relocation Expenses, Transfer at Employee's Request

An employee requested reconsideration of his claim for relocation expenses on the basis that the employing agency did not notify him of his responsibility for such expenses prior to his transfer as required. The employing agency properly determined that the transfer was not in the interest of the Government, and failure to comply with the notice provision in the implementing regulations does not nullify the statutory prohibition against payment of relocation expenses where the transfer is primarily for the benefit of the employee.