B-163513, SEPT. 4, 1968

B-163513, SEPT. 4, 1968

TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL ALTON H. EVATT:

FURTHER REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF JUNE 8, 1968, FORWARDED HERE BY THE U.S. ARMY FINANCE CENTER, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, CONCERNING SETTLEMENT DATED JANUARY 25, 1968, WHICH DISALLOWED YOUR CLAIM FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF YOUR DEPENDENTS FROM HEIDELBERG, GERMANY, TO AT MORE, ALABAMA, ON AUGUST 4, 1967.

YOU SAY IN THE LETTER OF JUNE 8, 1968, THAT WHILE YOU THINK THE EVALUATION IN THE SETTLEMENT DATED JANUARY 25, 1968, IS UNFAIR, YOU ARE WILLING TO SETTLE THE CLAIM FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF THE COST TO THE GOVERNMENT HAD MILITARY TRANSPORTATION BEEN USED AND MILEAGE, IF PAYABLE.

THE SETTLEMENT OF JANUARY 25, 1968, WAS REVIEWED IN OUR DECISION OF MAY 28, 1968, B-163513, COPY ENCLOSED. THE FACT THAT YOU DO NOT REFER TO THAT DECISION IN YOUR LETTER OF JUNE 8, 1968, SUGGESTS THAT IT HAD NOT BEEN RECEIVED WHEN YOU WROTE THE LETTER.

IT IS EXPLAINED IN DETAIL IN THE DECISION OF MAY 28, 1968, WHY, IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF YOUR CASE, YOUR CLAIM MAY NOT LEGALLY BE ALLOWED, EITHER AS PRESENTED, OR ON THE BASIS OF THE COST TO THE GOVERNMENT HAD MILITARY TRANSPORTATION BEEN USED AND MILEAGE AS YOU NOW SUGGEST. SINCE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN YOUR LETTER OF JUNE 8, 1968, WAS FULLY CONSIDERED IN ARRIVING AT THE CONCLUSIONS REACHED IN THE DECISION OF MAY 28, 1968, THE LETTER AFFORDS NO BASIS FOR ANY CHANGE IN THOSE CONCLUSIONS.