B-256934: Sep 20, 1994

Five Bureau of Reclamation employees appealed the settlements denying their requests for waivers of indebtedness for salary overpayments, contending that the Bureau failed to timely notify them of the administrative error which caused the overpayment. GAO held that the claimants were not entitled to waivers of indebtedness, since: (1) they knew that an accounting error had been made before the Bur...

B-256934: Sep 20, 1994

The request is denied because the employees knew or had reason to know of the error before the agency formally notified them of the error. Collection of the overpayment is not considered to be against equity. Notwithstanding the fact that the employees may have brought the situation promptly to the attention of the proper authorities and sought an explanation or correction of the error. 17 Bureau...