B-200841, NOV 19, 1981
Highlights
HE WAS NOT ISSUED PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION TRAVEL ORDERS UNTIL APRIL 1980. EMPLOYEE MAY BE REIMBURSED FOR RELOCATION EXPENSES IF THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION IS SUBMITTED WITH TRAVEL VOUCHER. EVEN THOUGH WRITTEN TRAVEL ORDERS WERE ISSUED SUBSEQUENT TO TRAVEL. AN EMPLOYEE WHO IS SUBJECT TO A RIF IS ENTITLED TO REIMBURSEMENT OF RELOCATION EXPENSES. THE FACT THAT THE TRAVEL ORDERS WERE NOT ISSUED UNTIL 2 YEARS LATER DOES NOT REDUCE THAT ENTITLEMENT. 2. SUCH EXPENSES MAY NOT BE PAID SINCE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE HOUSE HUNTING TRIP WAS NOT ISSUED PRIOR TO THE TRIP AS REQUIRED BY FEDERAL TRAVEL REGULATIONS PARAGRAPH 2-4.3C. 3. EMPLOYEE WAS AUTHORIZED SHIPMENT AND TEMPORARY STORAGE OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS UNDER THE COMMUTED RATE SYSTEM.
B-200841, NOV 19, 1981
DIGEST: 1. AS A RESULT OF A REDUCTION IN FORCE (RIF), A CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY TRANSFERRED FROM FORT ORD, CALIFORNIA, TO FORT DETRICK, MARYLAND, IN JUNE 1978. HE WAS NOT ISSUED PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION TRAVEL ORDERS UNTIL APRIL 1980. EMPLOYEE MAY BE REIMBURSED FOR RELOCATION EXPENSES IF THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION IS SUBMITTED WITH TRAVEL VOUCHER, EVEN THOUGH WRITTEN TRAVEL ORDERS WERE ISSUED SUBSEQUENT TO TRAVEL, SINCE, UNDER VOLUME 2, JOINT TRAVEL REGULATIONS PARAGRAPH C4101, AN EMPLOYEE WHO IS SUBJECT TO A RIF IS ENTITLED TO REIMBURSEMENT OF RELOCATION EXPENSES. THE FACT THAT THE TRAVEL ORDERS WERE NOT ISSUED UNTIL 2 YEARS LATER DOES NOT REDUCE THAT ENTITLEMENT. 2. EMPLOYEE CLAIMS EXPENSES FOR HOUSE-HUNTING TRIP INCIDENT TO CHANGE OF PERMANENT STATION. SUCH EXPENSES MAY NOT BE PAID SINCE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE HOUSE HUNTING TRIP WAS NOT ISSUED PRIOR TO THE TRIP AS REQUIRED BY FEDERAL TRAVEL REGULATIONS PARAGRAPH 2-4.3C. 3. EMPLOYEE WAS AUTHORIZED SHIPMENT AND TEMPORARY STORAGE OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS UNDER THE COMMUTED RATE SYSTEM, INCIDENT TO PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION. HE MAY BE REIMBURSED UNDER THE COMMUTED RATE SYSTEM FOR THE SHIPMENT OF HIS HOUSEHOLD GOODS BASED UPON THE CARRIER'S BILL OF LADING. HOWEVER, HE MAY NOT BE REIMBURSED FOR THE STORAGE BECAUSE THE RECEIPT PRESENTED DOES NOT STATE DATES OF STORAGE OR THE WEIGHT OF GOODS STORED AS REQUIRED BY FEDERAL TRAVEL REGULATIONS PARA. 2 8.5B(1). 4. EMPLOYEE CLAIMS TEMPORARY QUARTERS SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES INCIDENT TO PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION, BUT HE HAS NOT SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED RECEIPTS AND ITEMIZATION FOR LODGING, LAUNDRY OR FOOD WHILE OCCUPYING TEMPORARY QUARTERS. EMPLOYEE MAY NOT BE REIMBURSED FOR LODGING AND LAUNDRY EXPENSES SINCE REGULATIONS REQUIRE RECEIPTS AND ITEMIZATION FOR SUCH COSTS BEFORE REIMBURSEMENT IS ALLOWED. HOWEVER, HE MAY BE REIMBURSED FOR EXPENSES OF COIN-OPERATED LAUNDRY FACILITIES, SINCE