The Department of Agriculture (USDA) requested a decision regarding an employee's claim for reimbursement for a loan origination fee she incurred when constructing a residence incident to her transfer. GAO noted that: (1) although the claimant incurred a 2.5-percent construction loan origination fee, the Department of Housing and Urban Development approved only a 1-percent loan origination fee sin...

THE AGENCY WAS NOT IN ERROR WHEN IT ALLOWED REIMBURSEMENT FOR A 1 PERCENT LOAN ORIGINATION FEE. A TRANSFERRED EMPLOYEE WAS REIMBURSED A 1 PERCENT LOAN ORIGINATION FEE AND CLAIMS AN ADDITIONAL 1.5 PERCENT FEE IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A RESIDENCE AT HER NEW DUTY STATION. THE CLAIM FOR THE ADDITIONAL 1.5 PERCENT IS DENIED. SINCE PARAGRAPH 2 6.2D(1)(J) OF THE FEDERAL TRAVEL REGULATIONS L...