B-137583, FEB 12, 1959

B-137583, FEB 12, 1959

PRECIS-UNAVAILABLE

MR. DAVID K. CARLISLE:

REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF JANUARY 25, 1959, CONCERNING YOUR CLAIM FOR TRAVEL ALLOWANCES FOR TRAVEL PERFORMED ON JANUARY 10, 1959, AS AN ARMY OFFICER, WHICH CLAIM WAS DISALLOWED BY OUR SETTLEMENT DATED JULY 1, 1958, AND WAS THE SUBJECT OF DECISIONS OF NOVEMBER 28, 1958, AND JANUARY 13, 1959, B-137583, SUSTAINING THAT DISALLOWANCE. YOU ASK THAT YOUR PERSONAL PAPERS SUBMITTED IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR CLAIM BE RETURNED TO YOU AND THAT COPIES OF OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS ALSO BE FURNISHED IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH LEGAL ACTION TO DETERMINE THE ISSUES INVOLVED IN YOUR CLAIM.

IT IS THE PRACTICE OF THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE TO RETURN TO CLAIMANTS ALL PERSONAL PAPERS SUCH AS ORIGINAL DISCHARGES, BIRTH CERTIFICATES, ETC., SUBMITTED IN CONNECTION WITH A CLAIM. SEE SECTION 81.2, TITLE 4, CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS. AN EXAMINATION OF YOUR FILE, HOWEVER, DOES NOT DISCLOSE ANY PERSONAL PAPERS. YOUR FILE INCLUDES YOUR CLAIM AND STATEMENTS BY YOU AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE CONCERNING THE CORRECTNESS OF THE CLAIM. AS YOU WERE PREVIOUSLY ADVISED, THOSE PAPERS MAY NOT BE RETURNED TO YOU. SEE SECTION 81.1, TITLE 4, CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS.

EXCEPT FOR USE IN SUITS OR CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES, PHOTOSTATIC COPIES OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF PAPERS MAY BE FURNISHED UPON PROPER REQUEST AND PAYMENT OF THE USUAL CHARGES BY THOSE SHOWING A RIGHT TO HAVE SUCH COPIES. OTHERWISE, COPIES MAY BE HAD THROUGH A MOTION GRANTED IN COURT PROCEEDINGS OR ON A REQUEST APPROVED BY DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICIALS HAVING CHARGE OF LITIGATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE MATTER. IN VIEW OF YOUR STATEMENT AS TO THE INTENDED USE OF THE REQUESTED PAPERS, THE FURNISHING OF COPIES OTHER THAN PERSUANT TO A MOTION GRANTED IN COURT WOULD NOT BE PROPER.