B-226426: Jan 19, 1988

CIVILIAN PERSONNEL - Relocation - Household Goods - Shipment - Restrictions - Privately-owned Vehicles DIGEST: An employee retiring from an overseas post who had a new automobile shipped directly to New York City from the overseas factory without delivery to him at his last overseas post is not entitled to government reimbursement of costs he incurred to transport the automobile from New York City...

B-226426: Jan 19, 1988

A retired Federal Aviation Administration employee requested reimbursement for costs he incurred transporting a vehicle he purchased while he was overseas to his place of retirement. GAO held that the employee was not entitled to reimbursement, since he did not: (1) purchase the vehicle for use in a foreign country; and (2) take possession of it while he was overseas. Accordingly, the claim was de...