B-262112: Mar 6, 1996

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) requested a decision on the validity of a deceased employee's designation of beneficiary for his unpaid compensation. GAO held that the employee's designated beneficiary was entitled to his unpaid compensation, since: (1) the employee signed the beneficiary form and the FBI received it over 2 months before he died; (2) the document was valid; and (3) feder...

B-262112: Mar 6, 1996

A Standard Form 1152 designation of beneficiary executed by an employee disposing of his unpaid compensation due at his death was received in the agency field office before the date of his death and sent to agency headquarters. The employee died on the same day the form was received in agency headquarters. Possibly before it was "filed" as specified in subsections 19.1 and 19.3 of title 4. Those i...