The Department of Agriculture requested a decision regarding a Forest Service employee's claim for transportation expenses for his dependent child incident to his transfer. The dependent was to accompany the claimant to his new duty station but, due to a personal injury, traveled to live with her mother instead. The employee claimed reimbursement for the department's transportation to her mother's...

OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES - TRANSFERS - DEPENDENTS - IMMEDIATE FAMILY - WHAT CONSTITUTES EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSFERRED FROM WASHINGTON. AT THE TIME EMPLOYEE REPORTED TO HIS NEW DUTY STATION HE WAS NEITHER ACCOMPANIED BY HIS DAUGHTER NOR DID SHE LATER JOIN HIM IN UTAH. 1986: THIS DECISION IS IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST BY MR. THE ISSUE PRESENTED IS WHETHER MR. RICHARDSON IS ENTITLED TO REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE C...