https://www.gao.gov/products/122420

B-207030: Sep 21, 1983

An official of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) requested a decision concerning a travel voucher for an employee who traveled at his own expense to accept a temporary appointment outside the continental United States. The employee was offered and accepted a permanent position with the Forest Service in Alaska; before a travel authorization could be issued, the hiring freeze of January 1981 was...

https://www.gao.gov/products/423298

B-207030: Sep 21, 1983

DIGEST: TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE WAS OFFERED AND ACCEPTED A PERMANENT POSITION WITH THE FOREST SERVICE IN ALASKA WHILE SERVING IN CALIFORNIA. THE APPOINTMENT WAS DEFERRED DUE TO HIRING FREEZE OF JANUARY 1981. WAS THEN OFFERED A TEMPORARY POSITION IN ALASKA PENDING LIFTING OF FREEZE. AFTER HIRING FREEZE WAS LIFTED. EMPLOYEE WAS AGAIN OFFERED PERMANENT APPOINTMENT. ACCEPTED AND HIS TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT W...