Excess Transportation and Temporary Storage Costs

A former employee requested reconsideration of the disallowace of her claim for reimbursement of the excess costs of transportation and temporary storage of her household goods incident to her separation from overseas employment. Although the employee made every effort to avoid excess weight, she was not advised of the excess weight until it was too late to reduce the shipment. She exceeded the time-limit for temporary storage as a result of the agency's delay in responding to her request for amended orders. There was no authority for the Government to pay the transportation and temporary storage costs in excess of that authorized by regulation. Although the employee was authorized to ship professional books, papers, and equipment in addition to the weight authorized for shipment of household goods, the employee's claim that certain items should have been so shipped may not be allowed since the items were not separately packed, marked, weighed, or declared as required by regulations. The weight that might have been deducted for those items cannot now be properly determined.