B-188048: Nov 30, 1977

EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSFERRED FROM EGLIN AFB. UNDER MERIT PROMOTION PROGRAM AND WAS DENIED RELOCATION EXPENSES DUE TO ECONOMY MEASURES TAKEN AT BEALE. HE IS ENTITLED TO RELOCATION EXPENSES. II OF THE JTR PROVIDES FOR SUCH PAYMENTS TO EMPLOYEES TRANSFERRED IN THE INTEREST OF THE GOVERNMENT AND AIR FORCE HAS DETERMINED THAT MERIT PROMOTION TRANSFERS ARE IN THE INTEREST OF THE GOVERNMENT. 2. EMPLOYEE SERV...

B-188048: Nov 30, 1977

Accounting and Finance Officer Captain S. C. Shoemake, Jr., requested an advance decision regarding an employee's claim for relocation expenses incurred incident to his transfer. The employee was denied relocation expenses because of economy measures taken at the Air Force base. The employee was entitled to payment of relocation expenses because his transfer was in the interest of the government....