B-195233: Mar 31, 1980

A former GAO employee appealed a Claims Division settlement denying his claim for house-hunting trip expenses incident to a permanent change of station. The claimant made his house-hunting trip after receiving verbal authorization from an official who was not authorized to make such authorization. However, since written travel orders from an authorized source were not issued until after the claima...

B-195233: Mar 31, 1980

CLAIM IS DENIED SINCE EXPENSES WERE INCURRED WITHOUT WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION OR APPROVAL OF AUTHORIZED OFFICIAL. ALTHOUGH EMPLOYEE WAS MISINFORMED BY AGENCY OFFICIAL AS TO HIS ENTITLEMENTS. GOVERNMENT IS NOT BOUND BY ERRONEOUS ACTS OF ITS AGENTS. THE ISSUE PRESENTED FOR OUR DECISION IS WHETHER MR. HE WAS ISSUED TRAVEL ORDERS ON MAY 19. GILSOUL'S CLAIM IN THE AMOUNT OF $325.81 SINCE THE TRAVEL WAS PE...