B-134409, APR. 21, 1958
Highlights
WE REQUESTED INFORMATION RESPECTING THIS MATTER FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE INVOLVED AND HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT SINCE THE METER LOST BY YOU WAS FULLY SERVICEABLE AT THE TIME OF THE LOSS AND WOULD LOSE NO VALUE OR WOULD NOT REQUIRE OVERHAULING DURING ITS LIFE EXPECTANCY. THE COPY OF THE VOUCHER SUBMITTED BY YOU WAS PREPARED BUT NEVER PROCESSED TO COMPLETION. IN OTHER WORDS IT DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISPOSED OF ADMINISTRATIVELY WHEN IT WAS DETERMINED IT WOULD NOT BE COMPLETED. SINCE THE AMOUNT COLLECTED FROM YOUR SALARY FOR THE LOST VOLTMETER WAS $52. CONCERNING THAT ITEM IS SUSTAINED.
B-134409, APR. 21, 1958
TO MR. FRANK M. DEFINO:
YOUR LETTER OF FEBRUARY 14, 1958, MAKES CLAIM FOR THE SUM OF $13, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DEPRECIATED VALUE OF AN ELECTRIC VOLTMETER, $39, AND THE AMOUNT DEDUCTED FROM YOUR SALARY, $52, TO COVER THE LOSS OF SUCH METER CHARGED TO YOU.
WE REQUESTED INFORMATION RESPECTING THIS MATTER FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE INVOLVED AND HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT SINCE THE METER LOST BY YOU WAS FULLY SERVICEABLE AT THE TIME OF THE LOSS AND WOULD LOSE NO VALUE OR WOULD NOT REQUIRE OVERHAULING DURING ITS LIFE EXPECTANCY, NO BASIS EXISTS FOR DEPRECIATING THE ITEM. THE COPY OF THE VOUCHER SUBMITTED BY YOU WAS PREPARED BUT NEVER PROCESSED TO COMPLETION. IN OTHER WORDS IT DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISPOSED OF ADMINISTRATIVELY WHEN IT WAS DETERMINED IT WOULD NOT BE COMPLETED.
ACCORDINGLY, SINCE THE AMOUNT COLLECTED FROM YOUR SALARY FOR THE LOST VOLTMETER WAS $52, THE COST THEREOF, THAT PART OF OUR SETTLEMENT DATED OCTOBER 31, 1957, CONCERNING THAT ITEM IS SUSTAINED. FROM THE PRESENT RECORD NO BASIS EXISTS FOR ALLOWING YOUR CLAIM FOR $13.