B-212502: Jul 12, 1984

VEHICLES - GOVERNMENT - DAMAGES - EMPLOYEE LIABILITY DIGEST: GOVERNMENT-OWNED TRUCK WAS STOLEN FROM A GOVERNMENT PARKING LOT AFTER THE FOREST SERVICE EMPLOYEE TO WHOM THE TRUCK WAS ASSIGNED LEFT IT IN THE LOT UNLOCKED AND WITH THE KEYS UNDER THE SEAT. FOREST SERVICE BOARD OF SURVEY FOUND THAT THE EMPLOYEE'S "WILLFUL DISREGARD" FOR THE PROTECTION OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY WAS A SUBSTANTIAL FACTOR IN C...

B-212502: Jul 12, 1984

A Forest Service employee requested that GAO review a Forest Service decision which found him liable for the loss of a Forest Service truck. The employee parked his assigned vehicle in a Federal parking lot, left the keys under the front seat of the truck, and left work for the evening. The truck was stolen and driven into the water from a boat ramp. The Forest Service held the employee negligent...