https://www.gao.gov/products/440083

B-204294: Jul 7, 1982

THE EMPLOYEE IS NOT ENTITLED TO BE REIMBURSED FOR SHIPMENT BY COMMERCIAL CARRIER ON AN ACTUAL EXPENSE BASIS SINCE THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS MADE A DETERMINATION TO SHIP BY THE ACTUAL EXPENSE METHOD AND EMPLOYEE'S EFFECTS WERE NOT SHIPPED UNDER GBL. 000 POUNDS OF HIS HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS BY COMMERCIAL BILL OF LADING AND THE AMOUNT HE WAS REIMBURSED ON A COMMUTED BASIS. SINCE THER...

https://www.gao.gov/products/118885

B-204294: Jul 7, 1982

The Chief of the Accounting and Finance Division of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) requested an advance decision on an employee's claim for the difference between the actual expense of shipping his household effects by commercial bill of lading and the amount he was reimbursed on a commuted basis. Upon being transferred to a new duty station, the employee's travel orders authorized transportat...