B-231008: Nov 16, 1988

An employee is ineligible for reimbursement of his expenses incurred while renting his permanent residence following its sale at his old duty station incident to his transfer to a new duty station. Iverson's claim based on the applicable regulations governing relocation expenses which state that "temporary quarters" refers to lodging obtained from private or commercial sources for the purposes of...

B-231008: Nov 16, 1988

A transferred Social Security Administration (SSA) employee claimed reimbursement for rent he paid while living in his former residence after he sold it incident to his transfer. GAO held that SSA properly denied the claim, since the: (1) applicable regulations limited reimbursement to temporary lodging expenses the claimant incurred after he left his former residence; and (2) claimant did not pro...