B-188083: Jun 27, 1977

NEW RESIDENCE WAS ONLY 4 MILES FROM OLD RESIDENCE. ALTHOUGH CHANGE OF STATION WAS IN INTEREST OF GOVERNMENT. IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY FOLLOW THAT RELOCATION OF RESIDENCE WAS INCIDENT TO TRANSFER. AGENCY PROPERLY FOUND THAT RELOCATION WAS NOT INCIDENT TO CHANGE OF STATION. IS ENTITLED TO REIMBURSEMENT OF RELOCATION EXPENSES INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH A PERMANENT CHANGE OF DUTY STATION. NICHOLS WAS...

B-188083: Jun 27, 1977

An employee of the Federal Aviation Administration claimed reimbursement of relocation expenses incurred in connection with a permanent change of duty station. The new residence was only 4 miles from the old residence and the relocation shortened the employee's commuting distance to the new duty station by only 1.4 miles. The relocation was not incident to the change of station, and the employee's...