B-218722: Dec 17, 1985

An Air Force employee requested reconsideration of the Claims Group's denial of his application for waiver of his debt. GAO found that the employee: (1) had continued to receive post allowance and living quarters allowance payments after his permanent change of station; and (2) was overpaid due to an administrative error on the part of the Air Force in failing to terminate both allowances. In his...

B-218722: Dec 17, 1985

DIGEST: AN AIR FORCE EMPLOYEE WHO HAD BEEN RECEIVING POST ALLOWANCE AND LIVING QUARTERS ALLOWANCE WHILE STATIONED IN ENGLAND WAS ERRONEOUSLY PAID THE SAME ALLOWANCES AFTER HIS TRANSFER FROM ENGLAND TO GERMANY. THE EMPLOYEE SHOULD HAVE EXPECTED A DECREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF HIS PAY BASED ON THE TERMINATION OF THESE ALLOWANCES BUT HE FAILED TO EXAMINE HIS RECORD OF BANK DEPOSITS. WHICH WOULD HAVE INDI...