Request for Reimbursement of Relocation Expenses

An advance decsion was requested concerning the propriety of paying an employee's travel voucher. The civilian employee was transferred at his own request from one Air Force base to another, and prior to the transfer understood that the transfer would be at his own expense. Regulations provide for the payment of travel and transportation expenses and applicable allowances for the transfer of an employee from one official duty station to another provided that the transfer is determined to be in the interest of the Government and not at the employee's request. The facts of the case supported a finding that the transfer was at the employee's request. Therefore, the employee was not entitiled to reimbursement of travel and transportation expenses and applicable allowances. Accordingly, the voucher was not certified for payment.