B-260765: Dec 14, 1995

An Army employee claimed reimbursement for temporary quarters subsistence expenses (TQSE) and relocation expenses incident to his transfer to his new duty station. GAO held that the employee was: (1) not entitled to reimbursement for TQSE, since he failed to present sufficient evidence that he occupied the residence on other than a permanent basis; (2) not entitled to waiver of his debt for TQSE,...

B-260765: Dec 14, 1995

A transferred employee who rented the house he eventually purchased is not entitled to temporary quarters subsistence expenses (TQSE) for the rental period. The record shows that the residence was offered to the employee for "rent or purchase". He did so as a precaution in the event he was unable to purchase the house. A transferred employee was given an advance of travel funds which included fund...