B-214195: Nov 20, 1984

FOR LOSS OF FOREST SERVICE EMPLOYEE'S PERSONAL PROPERTY DUE TO BURGLARY IN RENTED GOVERNMENT HOUSING AT REMOTE RANGER STATION IS COGNIZABLE UNDER THE STATUTE. ARE COGNIZABLE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE MILITARY PERSONNEL AND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES' CLAIMS ACT OF 1964. WE THINK THEY ARE. IN THE REPRESENTATIVE CASE SUBMITTED WITH THE DECISION REQUEST PERSONAL PROPERTY OF A FOREST SERVICE EMPLOYEE RESIDI...

B-214195: Nov 20, 1984

A Department of Agriculture authorized certifying officer asked whether a Forest Service employee's claim for loss of personal property due to burglary, which occurred through no fault of the employee, may be recognized as a reimbursable claim. The request was prompted by a Forest Service employee's claim after his remote ranger station was burglarized. GAO noted that, since it would have been imp...