B-205866: May 18, 1982

WHO WAS TRANSFERRED FROM OKLAHOMA CITY. THE FACT THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A SAVINGS TO THE GOVERNMENT IS NO BASIS TO ALLOW THE EMPLOYEE REIMBURSEMENT FOR TEMPORARY QUARTERS SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES WHILE LIVING IN THE HOME HE BOUGHT SINCE THOSE QUARTERS WERE NOT TEMPORARY. HE IS NOT ENTITLED TO REIMBURSEMENT FOR TEMPORARY QUARTERS SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES. PALZKILL WAS TRANSFERRED FROM OKLAHOMA CITY. WAS...

B-205866: May 18, 1982

A decision was requested as to whether an employee's claim for temporary quarters subsistence expenses, incurred while renting a house which he had contracted to purchase, could be certified for payment. The employee had been authorized a relocation allowance which included 30 days of temporary quarters and a househunting trip. The employee claimed that, although expenses for temporary quarters wh...