B-185662: Jul 21, 1976

SINCE SUPPLEMENTARY POST ALLOWANCE IS AVAILABLE TO DEFRAY EXTRAORDINARY SUBSISTENCE COSTS WHICH EXCEED THAT PORTION OF EMPLOYEE'S SALARY AND POST ALLOWANCE ORDINARILY SPENT FOR FOOD AND HOUSEHOLD EXPENSES WHILE OCCUPYING HOUSEKEEPING QUARTERS. THORNE WAS ADVISED BY THE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL OFFICE THAT HE WAS ELIGIBLE FOR GOVERNMENT QUARTERS AND THAT HE SHOULD NOT SEEK HOUSING ON THE LOCAL ECONOMY SI...

B-185662: Jul 21, 1976

The payment of a supplementary post allowance to a transferred civilian employee was questioned. The allowance may be granted within the prescribed amount since the employee's subsistence costs at nonhousekeeping quarters exceeded those which would be incurred at housekeeping quarters...