B-158190, APR. 22, 1966
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TO THE POSTMASTER GENERAL: ENCLOSED HEREWITH IS COPY OF LETTER OF MARCH 30. THE DUTIES OF PFS-2 POSITION WHILE HE OFFICIALLY WAS IN PFS-1 POSITION. GETZFRED IS ENTITLED TO ADDITIONAL PAY IN ACCORDANCE WITH 39 U.S.C. 3335/B). GETZFRED WAS ASSIGNED THE DUTIES OF THE PFS-2 POSITION ON A DATE EARLIER THAN APRIL 30. SUCH EARLIER PERIOD MAY BE CONSIDERED IN DETERMINING THE PAY ADJUSTMENT TO WHICH HE IS ENTITLED UNDER 39 U.S.C. 335/B). GETZFRED FOR BACK PAY STEMMING FROM HIS ALLEGED ENTITLEMENT TO CONVERSION AND PROMOTION HERETOFORE WERE CONSIDERED AND DISALLOWED BY OUR DECISION OF JANUARY 27. A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED.
B-158190, APR. 22, 1966
TO THE POSTMASTER GENERAL:
ENCLOSED HEREWITH IS COPY OF LETTER OF MARCH 30, 1966, FROM THE WICHITA REGIONAL OFFICE, POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, CONCERNING A CLAIM BY MR. JAMES V. GETZFRED, 81 WEST WALNUT STREET, ALBION, NEBRASKA, A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THE DEPARTMENT.
THE DIRECTOR, PERSONNEL DIVISION, WICHITA REGIONAL OFFICE HAS CONCLUDED THAT MR. GETZFRED ACTUALLY PERFORMED, FOR A PERIOD IN EXCESS OF 30 DAYS DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 1960, THE DUTIES OF PFS-2 POSITION WHILE HE OFFICIALLY WAS IN PFS-1 POSITION. CONSEQUENTLY, HE SAYS THAT MR. GETZFRED IS ENTITLED TO ADDITIONAL PAY IN ACCORDANCE WITH 39 U.S.C. 3335/B). CONCUR IN THAT CONCLUSION. THE PERIOD OF ASSIGNMENT APPARENTLY BEGAN ON OR ABOUT APRIL 30 AND ENDED ON NOVEMBER 25, 1960.
WE ASK THAT THE APPROPRIATE OFFICER BE DIRECTED TO MAKE THE SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENT THROUGH ADMINISTRATIVE CHANNELS, USING THIS LETTER AS HIS AUTHORITY TO MAKE SUCH PAYMENT.
SHOULD THE RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT SHOW AFFIRMATIVELY THAT MR. GETZFRED WAS ASSIGNED THE DUTIES OF THE PFS-2 POSITION ON A DATE EARLIER THAN APRIL 30, 1960, SUCH EARLIER PERIOD MAY BE CONSIDERED IN DETERMINING THE PAY ADJUSTMENT TO WHICH HE IS ENTITLED UNDER 39 U.S.C. 335/B).
RELATED CLAIMS BY MR. GETZFRED FOR BACK PAY STEMMING FROM HIS ALLEGED ENTITLEMENT TO CONVERSION AND PROMOTION HERETOFORE WERE CONSIDERED AND DISALLOWED BY OUR DECISION OF JANUARY 27, 1966, B 158190, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED.