[Request for Advance Decision on Claim for Reimbursement for Surcharges for Month-to-Month Lease]

An Army official requested a decision regarding an employee's entitlement to reimbursement for lease surcharges he incurred incident to month-to-month leases he entered into after being notified of his impending transfer. GAO held that: (1) the surcharge was reimbursable as a miscellaneous relocation expense; (2) the Army should reimburse the employee for surcharges incurred from the time he began month-to-month leases because, at that time, the Army clearly intended to transfer him; and (3) prior decisions which held to the contrary failed to consider whether such charges were reimbursable as miscellaneous expenses. Accordingly, the Army may reimburse the employee for the lease surcharges.