B-182999: Jun 3, 1975

OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES - TRANSFERS - RELOCATION EXPENSES - DUTY STATIONS WITHIN UNITED STATES REQUIREMENT EMPLOYEE WHO WAS SEPARATED DUE TO REDUCTION IN FORCE WHILE STATIONED IN OKINAWA. WAS REEMPLOYED WITHIN 1 YEAR IN WASHINGTON. OKINAWA WAS NOT TERRITORY OR POSSESSION OF UNITED STATES BEFORE ITS REVERSION TO JAPAN BECAUSE JAPAN HAD RETAINED RESIDUAL OR DE JURE SOVEREIGNTY UNDER PEACE TREATY. DIS...

B-182999: Jun 3, 1975

A federal employee, who was separated due to a reduction in force while stationed in Okinawa and was reemployed by the U.S. Government within 1 year in Washington, D.C., requested reconsideration of the denial of his claim for reimbursement of real estate expenses and additional temporary quarters allowance incident to his relocation. The applicable statutes and regulations require that both the o...