B-203564: May 25, 1982

OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES - PROMOTIONS - TEMPORARY - DETAILED EMPLOYEES - HIGHER GRADE DUTIES ASSIGNMENT - WILSON CASE OUR TURNER-CALDWELL DECISIONS GRANTING RETROACTIVE TEMPORARY PROMOTIONS FOR OVERLONG DETAILS ARE RECONSIDERED IN LIGHT OF COURT OF CLAIMS DECISION IN WILSON V. ALTHOUGH GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE IS NOT BOUND BY DECISIONS OF COURT OF CLAIMS. THE WILSON DECISION IS A REASONABLE INTERPR...

B-203564: May 25, 1982

GAO was requested to comment on the impact of a Court of Claims decision, which denied a retroactive temporary promotion for an overlong detail, on earlier court decisions which granted the promotions. Those decisions were based on a Civil Service Commission ruling which held that the Federal Personnel Manual granted temporary promotions in cases where agencies failed to receive prior Commission a...