An authorized certifying officer of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) requested a decision on a voucher submitted by an employee for relocation expenses incident to a transfer from Mexico to the United States. The employee claimed reimbursement for temporary quarters subsistence expenses and miscellaneous expenses. USDA allowed payment of the vouchers. However, the agency subsequently determine...

WHERE EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSFERRED OVERSEAS UNDER DEPARTMENT-WIDE REGULATION PROVIDING FOR PAYMENT OF RELOCATION EXPENSES UNDER THE FSTR. VINCENT: THIS ACTION IS IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FROM MR. VINCENT'S TRANSFER TO MEXICO CITY WAS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE TRAVEL REGULATIONS WHICH ARE PUBLISHED IN VOLUME 6 OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS MANUAL (FAM). SUCH AUTHORIZATION WAS PURS...