A former Navy employee appealed the denial of her request for a waiver of an erroneous salary payment, contending that GAO should have waived the Navy's claim for the overpayment, since she relied on the Navy's assurances that the payment was proper. GAO held that the former employee acted reasonably, since she had no knowledge of personnel laws or payroll processes, relied on the Navy's advice, a...

She was told the payment was correct and represented additional payment for leave not taken. Waiver is granted since employee. Reasonably relied on information provided her and was not advised that the payment was erroneous until nearly 2 years later. This latter check was an erroneous overpayment. In an attempt to determine whether the payment was proper. Fuesel states that she was asked if there...