[DLA Employee's Claim for Retroactive Temporary Promotion and Backpay]

The Defense Logistics Agency requested a decision regarding an employee's claim for a retroactive temporary promotion and backpay for a period of time in which she performed the duties of a higher-level position. GAO held that the employee was not entitled to the promotion or backpay, since she was not actually appointed to the higher position. Accordingly, the claim was denied.