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B-152128, SEP. 10, 1963

B-152128 Sep 10, 1963
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YOUR CLAIM WAS FIRST DENIED BY OUR OFFICE SETTLEMENT OF FEBRUARY 19. THIS SETTLEMENT WAS SUSTAINED BY DECISION B 152128. WE WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT APPARENTLY YOU HAVE MISREAD THE LAST PARAGRAPH OF OUR DECISION OF AUGUST 19. YOU QUOTE THAT PARAGRAPH AS READING THAT THE RECOMMENDATION AND APPROVAL OF OVERTIME COMPENSATION BY YOUR SUPERVISOR AND THE PERSONNEL OFFICE WAS NOT "IN ORDER.'. THE REFERRED-TO PARAGRAPH READS THAT SUCH RECOMMENDATION AND APPROVAL WAS NOT "AN ORDER OR APPROVAL AS REQUIRED BY THE APPLICABLE LAW AND REGULATION.'. WE HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO SUSTAIN OUR PREVIOUS ACTIONS DENYING YOUR CLAIM.

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B-152128, SEP. 10, 1963

TO MR. JAMES LEE OFFUTT:

YOUR LETTER OF AUGUST 26, 1963, IN EFFECT, REQUESTS RECONSIDERATION OF PREVIOUS ACTIONS OF OUR OFFICE IN DENYING YOUR CLAIM FOR OVERTIME COMPENSATION ALLEGEDLY DUE INCIDENT TO YOUR EMPLOYMENT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE DURING THE PERIOD JUNE 27 TO SEPTEMBER 6, 1959. YOUR CLAIM WAS FIRST DENIED BY OUR OFFICE SETTLEMENT OF FEBRUARY 19, 1963, AND THIS SETTLEMENT WAS SUSTAINED BY DECISION B 152128, AUGUST 19, 1963.

WE WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT APPARENTLY YOU HAVE MISREAD THE LAST PARAGRAPH OF OUR DECISION OF AUGUST 19, 1963. YOU QUOTE THAT PARAGRAPH AS READING THAT THE RECOMMENDATION AND APPROVAL OF OVERTIME COMPENSATION BY YOUR SUPERVISOR AND THE PERSONNEL OFFICE WAS NOT "IN ORDER.' IN POINT OF FACT, THE REFERRED-TO PARAGRAPH READS THAT SUCH RECOMMENDATION AND APPROVAL WAS NOT "AN ORDER OR APPROVAL AS REQUIRED BY THE APPLICABLE LAW AND REGULATION.'

WE MUST AGAIN ADVISE THAT WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE OVERTIME CLAIMED BY THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIAL--- IN YOUR CASE THE COMPTROLLER, LIEUTENANT COLONEL RICHARD D. KIICK--- WE WOULD NOT BE AUTHORIZED TO ALLOW YOUR CLAIM. THE FACT THAT THE REQUIREMENT OF THE LAW FOR APPROVAL OF OVERTIME APPEARS UNREASONABLE TO YOU DOES NOT AFFORD ANY BASIS FOR OUR OFFICE TO MAKE AN EXCEPTION TO SUCH REQUIREMENT. THEREFORE, WE HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO SUSTAIN OUR PREVIOUS ACTIONS DENYING YOUR CLAIM.

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