Board of Contract Appeals

                    General Services Administration

                         Washington, D.C. 20405

 

 

 

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                              May 31, 2000

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                            GSBCA 15244-RELO

 

 

                 In the Matter of WILLIAM R. THYGERSON 

 

 

        William R. Thygerson, APO AE, Claimant.

 

        Elizabeth  B.   Throckmorton,  Chief,  Policy   and  Program

   Development  Division, Department  of the  Army,  Alexandria, VA,

   appearing for Department of the Army.

 

   BORWICK, Board Judge.

 

        Claimant, a civilian employee of the Department of the Army,

   filed a  claim at this  Board contesting the agency's  refusal to

   reimburse  claimant for  $1110 of  incurred  relocation expenses.

   Claimant   incurred  the  expenses   when,  during   an  overseas

   assignment, he  withdrew some  of his household  goods from  non-

   temporary storage to a local residence in Huntsville, Alabama.  

 

        After  the filing  of the  claim at  this Board,  the agency

   determined that  claimant was  entitled to  reimbursement of  the

   claimed expenses.  The agency  states that it "will reimburse the

   claimant for  the expenses incurred  in the delivery of  the non-

   temp storage to the location in Huntsville, thus making the claim

   before the Board moot."

 

        Claimant  is concerned that "unless a definitive decision is

   published, Army transportation representatives at Huntsville (and

   potentially elsewhere) will continue to deny overseas employees a

   valuable and useful entitlement."  However, since the agency  has

   agreed to reimburse  claimant, there is no longer  a live dispute

   to decide;  the claim  is moot.   Diane Fredericks,  GSBCA 14931-

   TRAV, 99-2 BCA   30,482.

 

 

        This claim is dismissed.  

 

 

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                                 ANTHONY S. BORWICK

 

                                 Board Judge