B-218886: Mar 24, 1986

TRANSFERRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ARE NORMALLY INELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF TEMPORARY QUARTERS SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES INCURRED WHILE RENTING THEIR PERMANENT RESIDENCE FOLLOWING ITS SALE AT THEIR OLD DUTY STATION. WAS DELAYED BY THE GOVERNMENT'S INABILITY TO LOCATE A MOVER. THE RELOCATION ENTITLEMENTS OF TRANSFERRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ARE GOVERNED BY THE REGULATIONS IN EFFECT AT THE TIME THE RELOCATION...

B-218886: Mar 24, 1986

A Department of Agriculture (USDA) certifying officer requested a decision as to whether an employee could be reimbursed for temporary quarters subsistence expenses for the period in which he and his spouse rented and occupied their permanent residence at their old duty station after it had been sold. USDA had disallowed the claim because federal regulations define temporary quarters as lodgings t...