B-151699, AUG. 29, 1963
Highlights
YOU HAVE PRESENTED NO FACTS IN YOUR LETTER OF JULY 8. OTHER THAN THOSE WHICH WE HAVE HERETOFORE CONSIDERED IN OUR SETTLEMENT OF MAY 1. IS. THE DECISIONS OF OUR OFFICE ARE FINAL AND CONCLUSIVE UPON THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT (31 U.S.C. 74). THERE IS NO PROCEDURE PRESCRIBED FOR APPEALING FROM SUCH DECISIONS. A COPY OF WHICH WAS INCLUDED WITH THE RECORD AND CONSIDERED IN ARRIVING AT OUR DECISION OF JUNE 26. IS RETURNED AS REQUESTED.
B-151699, AUG. 29, 1963
TO MR. JAMES M. BURRELL:
YOUR LETTER OF JULY 8, 1963, REQUESTS THAT WE RECONSIDER OUR DECISION OF JUNE 26, 1963, B-151699, TO YOU, WHICH SUSTAINED THE DISALLOWANCE OF YOUR CLAIM FOR TRAVEL EXPENSES AND HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS FROM LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, TO TOPEKA, KANSAS, AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE ON OCTOBER 30, 1961.
YOU HAVE PRESENTED NO FACTS IN YOUR LETTER OF JULY 8, 1963, OTHER THAN THOSE WHICH WE HAVE HERETOFORE CONSIDERED IN OUR SETTLEMENT OF MAY 1, 1963, AS WELL AS OUR DECISION OF JUNE 26, 1963, B-151699, TO YOU. POINTED OUT THEREIN THAT IN THE ABSENCE OF THE REQUIRED ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORIZATION OR APPROVAL, OUR OFFICE COULD NOT GIVE FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION TO YOUR CLAIM.
THEREFORE, THE DISALLOWANCE OF YOUR CLAIM, MUST BE, AND IS, SUSTAINED.
YOU FURTHER REQUEST INFORMATION AS TO THE PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED BY YOU IN THE EVENT YOU DECIDE TO APPEAL OUR DECISION. THE DECISIONS OF OUR OFFICE ARE FINAL AND CONCLUSIVE UPON THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT (31 U.S.C. 74), AND THERE IS NO PROCEDURE PRESCRIBED FOR APPEALING FROM SUCH DECISIONS. HOWEVER, WE INVITE YOUR ATTENTION TO PROVISIONS OF 28 U.S.C. 1346; ID. 1491, CONCERNING MATTERS COGNIZABLE IN THE DISTRICT COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF CLAIMS.
THE ENCLOSURE FORWARDED WITH YOUR LETTER, A COPY OF WHICH WAS INCLUDED WITH THE RECORD AND CONSIDERED IN ARRIVING AT OUR DECISION OF JUNE 26, 1963, IS RETURNED AS REQUESTED.