An authorized certifying officer with the Indian Health Service requested an advance decision on the propriety of reimbursing a Veterans Administration (VA) employee for temporary quarters and subsistence expenses. The claimant was transferred to a different duty station but was not informed that she was eligible for temporary quarters and subsistence expenses, nor did her travel order authorize t...

DIGEST: EMPLOYEE TRANSFERRED TO NEW DUTY STATION AND OCCUPIED A RENTED HOUSE WHICH WAS UNFURNISHED FOR SEVERAL WEEKS UNTIL HER FURNITURE ARRIVED. FACT THAT THE EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO FIND OTHER QUARTERS IS TOO INDEFINITE TO SUPPORT THE CONCLUSION THAT THE QUARTERS WERE TEMPORARY. EMPLOYEE'S CONTENTION THAT AGENCY ERRED IN NOT INFORMING HER THAT SHE WAS ELIGIBLE FOR TEMPORARY QUARTERS ALLOWANCE BEFO...