B-217987: Jun 21, 1985

An Army employee filed a claim for reimbursement of the cost of moving household goods from storage to a new residence incident to separation for retirement. GAO noted that the government paid the storage costs for the first 60 days and the employee assumed the storage costs thereafter; however, the employee allowed the goods to remain in storage for 2 years. The claimant argued that an Army inspe...

B-217987: Jun 21, 1985

TRANSPORTATION - HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS - TIME LIMITATION DIGEST: INCIDENT TO HER RETIREMENT AN EMPLOYEE'S HOUSEHOLD GOODS WERE SHIPPED FROM GERMANY TO SACRAMENTO. LOPEZ: THE ISSUE IN THIS DECISION IS WHETHER AN EMPLOYEE. IS ENTITLED TO REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE COST OF MOVING THE HOUSEHOLD GOODS FROM STORAGE TO HER NEW RESIDENCE. /1/ WE FIND THAT THE EMPLOYEE IS NOT ENTITLED TO REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE COST...