B-261168: Jul 18, 1995

A Bureau of Land Management employee appealed the settlement denying his claim for temporary quarters subsistence expenses incident to his transfer, contending that he signed a long-term lease only after he was unable to obtain a loan to purchase another property. GAO held that the employee failed to provide sufficient evidence that he only intended to occupy the quarters temporarily. Accordingly,...

B-261168: Jul 18, 1995

Agency's determination that evidence is insufficient will not be overturned unless it lacks reasonable basis in the record and thus constitutes an abuse of discretion. Agency's determination upon appeal in this case that employee failed to provide satisfactory evidence of intent to occupy permanent-type quarters only temporarily is not without substantial support in the record. Is affirmed. He was...