B-221672: Oct 16, 1986

CIVILIAN PERSONNEL - COMPENSATION - OVERPAYMENTS - ERROR DETECTION - DEBT COLLECTION - WAIVER CIVILIAN PERSONNEL - COMPENSATION - PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS - ANNUITY DEDUCTIONS - UNDERDEDUCTIONS - ERROR DETECTION DIGEST: REEMPLOYED ANNUITANT WAS OVERPAID DUE TO ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR IN CALCULATING PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS. WAIVER WITH RESPECT TO INITIAL LUMP SUM PAYMENT IS GRANTED PURSUANT TO 5 U.S.C. WAIVER WI...

B-221672: Oct 16, 1986

A reemployed annuitant of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) appealed the Claims Group's denial of his request for a waiver of salary overpayments. The overpayments occurred because FAA erroneously calculated the amount of his annuity that was to be deducted from his salary payments. GAO held that: (1) the overpayments resulting from one lump-sum, backpay check should be waived because FAA...