B-226189: Dec 9, 1988

The mere fact that an employee entered into a short-term lease is not sufficient to conclude that his quarters were temporary in nature considering all the other factors that indicated permanence. It is the employee's duty to submit satisfactory evidence of the parent's dependency on him and to show that the parent was a member of employee's household at time of transfer. Shipment of household goo...

B-226189: Dec 9, 1988

The National Park Service (NPS) requested an advance decision regarding an employee's claims for reimbursement for: (1) temporary quarters subsistence expenses (TQSE) for himself for a period of 2 months; (2) separate TQSE for his dependent mother; and (3) household goods moving expenses for a friend who assisted his move. GAO held that the: (1) employee's claim for meal expenses for the first mon...