https://www.gao.gov/products/420766

B-230880.2: Oct 27, 1989

CIVILIAN PERSONNEL - Relocation - Expenses - Debt collection - Waiver DIGEST: Waiver is granted for an erroneous payment of relocation expenses where the employee relied on the agency's misinterpretation of the applicable relocation regulations and where there is no indication of fraud. Chapman was not entitled to reimbursement of expenses incurred in the sale of his residence at his former duty s...

https://www.gao.gov/products/139908

B-230880.2: Oct 27, 1989

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (BATF) requested a decision concerning an employee's request for waiver of collection of relocation expenses BATF erroneously paid him incident to his transfer. GAO held that BATF could properly waive collection, since the erroneous payment resulted from BATF misinterpretation of the applicable regulations. Accordingly, waiver was granted, and GAO recom...