Sec. 5584 of an erroneous payment made to a former employee of salary for time that the employee was on "leave-without-pay.". The direct deposit into her account of four payments when she was only expecting three should have placed her on notice of both the error. Denying waiver of her liability for an erroneous salary payment that the Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) is trying to collect from...

A Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) employee requested reconsideration of her denied waiver of indebtedness for an erroneous salary payment she received while in leave without pay status. GAO held that: (1) the employee should have been aware that an error existed in her bank account and taken action to verify the payment; (2) the alleged mishandling of the employee's mail during that period di...