Change of Duty Station and Delay in Issuing Travel Orders
Highlights
An employee of the Federal Aviation Administration was reassigned from Scurry, Texas, to Dallas, Texas. Since the reassignment was in the interest of the agency, allowable travel and transportation costs involved in the change of headquarters were borne by the agency. Due to budgetary constraints and administrative errors, the permanent change of station order was not delivered within 2 years of the employee's reporting for duty. The employee did not move when he was reassigned, but requested authority to move his family at Government expense when the permanent change of station order was issued 2 years later. Authority may not be given because the time limitations prescribed by statutory regulations may not be waived or modified. Travel, transportation, and relocation must occur within the 2-year limitation.