The General Counsel of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) requested reconsideration of a prior decision which denied reimbursement for travel and relocation expenses to the chairman of the NCUA Board. A series of arguments were raised to show that the chairman should not be required to reimburse NCUA for those expenses which it had previously paid. GAO determined that: (1) at the time...

GAO considered issues regarding the entitlement of the Chairman of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Board to reimbursement for the travel and relocation expenses he and his family incurred reporting to his first duty station. The Chairman was not a federal employee at the time of his appointment, and NCUA voted to approve payment of the relocation expenses on the basis that such pay...

DIGEST: THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION (NCUA) WAS REIMBURSED FOR RELOCATION EXPENSES HE INCURRED FOLLOWING HIS APPOINTMENT TO THAT POSITION IN 1981. PRIOR DECISION THAT CHAIRMAN WAS NOT ENTITLED TO SUCH EXPENSES IS AFFIRMED BECAUSE: (1) AT THE TIME OF THE CHAIRMAN'S APPOINTMENT. THERE WAS NO AUTHORITY IN 5 U.S.C. (3) IT IS NOT MATERIAL THAT THE NCUA'S CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FA...

OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES - NEW APPOINTMENTS - RELOCATION EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT AND ALLOWANCES - NON-ENTITLEMENT - NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION CHAIRMAN THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION (NCUA) WAS REIMBURSED FOR RELOCATION EXPENSES HE INCURRED FOLLOWING HIS APPOINTMENT TO THAT POSITION. THE GENERAL RULE IS THAT AN EMPLOYEE MUST BEAR THE EXPENSES OF TRAVEL TO HIS FIRST...