Travel and Relocation Claims Decided By The GSBCA: 2002

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1. Lodging, meals, and incidental expenses
2. Transportation expenses of temporary duty travel
3. House hunting trips
4. New employees, retirees, separated employees
5. Overseas postings (including temporary quarters)
6. Temporary quarters
7. Real estate transaction expenses
8. Household goods
9. Personally owned vehicles and rental cars
10. Relocation expenses incurred incident to a transfer in the interest of the Government
11. Taxes (WTA and RITA)
12. Miscellaneous
13. Meritorious claims
14. Collective bargaining agreements

Decisions

1. Lodging, meals, and incidental expenses
   • Peter W. Frick, GSBCA 15676-TRAV [Text] (Feb. 6, 2002)
   • Tiara A. Stanley, GSBCA 15750-TRAV [Text] (March 1, 2002)
   • Lawrence A. Mahoney, GSBCA 15600-TRAV [Text] (March 7, 2002)
   • Robert H. Pasternack, GSBCA 15803-TRAV [Text] (May 20, 2002)
   • Alfred A. Nagy, GSBCA 15763-TRAV [Text] (May 23, 2002)
   • Richard DeLappe, GSBCA 15640-RELO [Text] (June 13, 2002)
   • Wendy S. Poffenberger, GSBCA 15738-RELO [Text] (Aug. 28, 2002)
   • John L. Corrigan, GSBCA 15707-TRAV [Text] (Sept. 6, 2002)
   • Patricia A. King, GSBCA 15847-TRAV [Text] (Nov. 13, 2002)
   • Deborah F. Garrett, GSBCA 15904-RELO [Text] (Nov. 26, 2002)
   • Richard W. Elliott, GSBCA 15923-RELO [Text] (Dec. 16, 2002)
2. Transportation expenses of temporary duty travel
   • D. Gregory Arnold, GSBCA 15692-TRAV [Text] (Jan. 18, 2002)
   • Brian T. Walsh, GSBCA 15703-TRAV [Text] (Feb. 15, 2002)
   • Shari Lenard, GSBCA 15759-TRAV [Text] (Mar. 28, 2002)
   • Lena E. Hagedorn, GSBCA 15841-TRAV [Text] (May 3, 2002)
   • Anna Maria Abrigo, GSBCA 15675-TRAV [Text] (May 13, 2002)
   • Jennings W. Bunn, Jr., GSBCA 15656-TRAV [Text] (June 10, 2002)
   • Richard DeLappe, GSBCA 15640-RELO [Text] (June 13, 2002)
   • Jack A. Bradley, GSBCA 15881-TRAV [Text] (July 18, 2002)
   • Frederic S. Newman, Jr., GSBCA 15873-TRAV [Text] (Aug. 6, 2002)
   • Wendy S. Poffenberger, GSBCA 15738-RELO [Text] (Aug. 28, 2002)
   • Bobby L. Humphries, GSBCA 15872-TRAV [Text] (Sept. 4, 2002)
   • Richard A. Kiggins, GSBCA 15900-RELO [Text] (Sept. 10, 2002)
   • Tim A. Haugh, GSBCA 15925-TRAV [Text] (Sept. 19, 2002)
   • Al Fletcher, GSBCA 15926-TRAV [Text] (Sept. 19, 2002)
   • Kimbern Turley, GSBCA 15927-TRAV [Text] (Sept. 19, 2002)
   • Arthur V. Bohlinger, GSBCA 15802-TRAV [Text] (Sept. 24, 2002)
   • Brian E. O'Connell, GSBCA 15779-TRAV [Text] (Sept. 25, 2002)
   • Jonathan Kaplan, GSBCA 15854-TRAV [Text] (Oct. 9, 2002)
   • Delner Franklin-Thomas, GSBCA 15905-TRAV [Text] (Nov. 22, 2002)
   • Richard W. Elliott, GSBCA 15923-RELO [Text] (Dec. 16, 2002)
3. House hunting trips
   • Charles Anderson III, GSBCA 15747-RELO [Text] (Apr. 24, 2002)
4. New employees, retirees, separated employees
   • Louis L. Lawes, GSBCA 15577-RELO [Text] (Jan. 15, 2002)
   • Thomas A. Riopelle, GSBCA 15722-RELO [Text] (Feb. 22, 2002)
   • Robert K. Oja, GSBCA 15807-RELO [Text] (June 10, 2002)
   • Joseph B. McGill, Jr., GSBCA 15783-RELO [Text] (July 31, 2002)
   • Shawn J. Winter, GSBCA 15753-RELO [Text] (Aug. 29, 2002)
   • David Kallman, GSBCA 15671-RELO [Text] (Nov. 6, 2002)
   • Karl E. Serbousek, GSBCA 15950-RELO [Text] (Nov. 22, 2002)
5. Overseas postings (including temporary quarters)
   • Cirila R. Martin, GSBCA 15544-TRAV [Text] (Jan. 16, 2002)
   • Dennis Fijalkowski, GSBCA 15683-RELO [Text] (Feb. 4, 2002)
   • Sherrell M. Garth, GSBCA 15729-RELO [Text] (Feb. 8, 2002)
   • Tejbir Singh, GSBCA 15830-RELO [Text] (May 16, 2002)
   • Frederic S. Newman, Jr., GSBCA 15873-TRAV [Text] (Aug. 6, 2002)
   • Stephen T. Classick, GSBCA 15882-RELO [Text] (Aug. 15, 2002)
   • Wendy S. Poffenberger, GSBCA 15738-RELO [Text] (Aug. 28, 2002)
   • Mary M. Kay, GSBCA 15816-RELO [Text] (Sept. 13, 2002)
   • William S. Zeigler, GSBCA 15922-RELO [Text] (Oct. 4, 2002)
   • Steven P. Gergick, GSBCA 15969-RELO [Text] (Dec. 3, 2002)
6. Temporary quarters
   1. Employee's intent
      • Mehdi Mizani, GSBCA 15819-RELO [Text] (June 6, 2002)
      • Shauna Turnbull, GSBCA 15876-RELO [Text] (June 28, 2002)
      • Keith E. Kuyper, GSBCA 15839-RELO [Text] (July 16, 2002)
      • Don E. Stout, GSBCA 15909-RELO [Text] (Sept. 13, 2002)
   2. Extensions of the initially authorized period
      • Nora L. Donohue, GSBCA 15687-RELO [Text] (Feb. 12, 2002)
      • Scott E. English, GSBCA 15650-RELO [Text] (Feb. 26, 2002)
      • Paula K. Fowler, GSBCA 15670-RELO [Text] (Mar. 26, 2002)
      • Samuel E. Jones, GSBCA 15770-RELO [Text] (Apr. 30, 2002)
      • Melinda Salmon, GSBCA 15832-RELO [Text] (July 5, 2002)
      • Richard P. Crane, GSBCA 15782-RELO [Text] (Aug. 7, 2002)
      • Marvin R. McGee, GSBCA 15829-RELO [Text] (Sept. 6, 2002)
      • Cid H. Morgan, GSBCA 15862-RELO [Text] (Oct. 31, 2002)
      • Edward W. Irish, GSBCA 15968-RELO [Text] (Nov. 14, 2002)
   3. Amounts payable
      • Sandra L. McClellan-Whittle, GSBCA 15573-RELO [Text] (Feb. 12, 2002)
      • Jeffrey J. Scussel, GSBCA 15696-RELO [Text] (Feb. 14, 2002)
      • Charles Anderson III, GSBCA 15747-RELO [Text] (Apr. 24, 2002)
      • John C. Permaul, GSBCA 15828-RELO [Text] (Apr. 30, 2002)
      • Christine Griffin, GSBCA 15818-RELO [Text] (May 20, 2002)
      • Steven H. Jenkins, GSBCA 15810-RELO [Text] (May 28, 2002)
      • Craig W. Sherman, GSBCA 15715-RELO [Text] (June 24, 2002)
      • Adil F. Khan, GSBCA 15756-RELO [Text] (July 9, 2002)
      • Felicia H. Peterschmidt, GSBCA 15843-RELO [Text] (July 24, 2002)
      • Mark G. Derby, GSBCA 15682-RELO [Text] (July 25, 2002)
      • Richard J. Anderson, GSBCA 15870-RELO [Text] (Sept. 4, 2002)
      • Willie J. Garrard, GSBCA 15811-RELO [Text] (Sept. 12, 2002)
      • Patricia L. Cerone, GSBCA 15827-RELO [Text] (Sept. 30, 2002)
      • David Mendoza, GSBCA 15921-RELO [Text] (Nov. 1, 2002)
      • Daniel E. Vargas, GSBCA 15942-RELO [Text] (Dec. 4, 2002)
      • Richard J. Anderson, GSBCA 15870-RELO [Text] (Dec. 18, 2002)
7. Real estate transaction expenses
   1. General principles
      1. Employee must incur costs
         • Cecilia McNicoll, GSBCA 15377-RELO [Text] (Jan. 11, 2002)
         • David L. Reed, Jr., GSBCA 15761-RELO [Text] (May 9, 2002)
         • Terrence T. Smith, GSBCA 15695-RELO [Text] (June 10, 2002)
      2. Some expenses must be "customarily paid" by seller/buyer
         • Larry W. Poole, GSBCA 15730-RELO [Text] (Jan. 24, 2002)
         • Verna Pope, GSBCA 15718-RELO [Text] (Feb. 28, 2002)
         • Evan E. Zillmer, GSBCA 15728-RELO [Text] (June 24, 2002)
         • Sandra L. Wilks, GSBCA 15669-RELO [Text] (July 2, 2002)
         • William J. Bond, GSBCA 15706-RELO [Text] (July 17, 2002)
         • David L. Malone, GSBCA 15817-RELO [Text] (Aug. 2, 2002)
         • Jeffrey B. Hicks, GSBCA 15860-RELO [Text] (Oct. 3, 2002)
         • Joseph B. Wade, GSBCA 15889-RELO [Text] (Nov. 26, 2002)
   2. Title issues
      • Fred Borakove, GSBCA 15737-RELO [Text] (Mar. 27, 2002)
      • Heidi C. Hirsh, GSBCA 15720-RELO [Text] (Mar. 28, 2002)
      • Pete G. Vega, GSBCA 15679-RELO [Text] (July 10, 2002)
      • Robert W. Pitman, GSBCA 15947-RELO [Text] (Oct. 29, 2002)
   3. Specific types of costs
      1. Excess land
         • Cecilia McNicoll, GSBCA 15377-RELO [Text] (Jan. 11, 2002)
      2. Courier fees/mailing fees
         • Sandra L. Wilks, GSBCA 15669-RELO [Text] (July 2, 2002)
         • Gary C. Duell, GSBCA 15812-RELO [Text] (Aug. 27, 2002)
      3. Mortgage insurance, hazard insurance, title insurance
         • Juanita L. Nason, GSBCA 15746-RELO [Text] (Apr. 18, 2002)
         • Sylvia DeLuna, GSBCA 15801-RELO [Text] (July 5, 2002)
         • Jeffrey B. Hicks, GSBCA 15860-RELO [Text] (Oct. 3, 2002)
         • Thomas Gene Gallogly, GSBCA 15891-RELO [Text] (Oct. 11, 2002)
      4. Finance charges/Legal fees
         • Cecilia McNicoll, GSBCA 15377-RELO [Text] (Jan. 11, 2002)
         • Michael J. Smith, GSBCA 15672-RELO [Text] (Jan. 18, 2002)
         • Larry W. Poole, GSBCA 15730-RELO [Text] (Jan. 24, 2002)
         • Richard G. Britner, GSBCA 15542-RELO [Text] (Jan. 24, 2002)
         • Verna Pope, GSBCA 15718-RELO [Text] (Feb. 28, 2002)
         • Craig A. Czuchna, GSBCA 15799-RELO [Text] (May 2, 2002)
         • David L. Malone, GSBCA 15817-RELO [Text] (Aug. 2, 2002)
         • April K. Hunt, GSBCA 15785-RELO [Text] (Aug. 6, 2002)
         • Gary C. Duell, GSBCA 15812-RELO [Text] (Aug. 27, 2002)
         • Alfred A. Davis, GSBCA 15888-RELO [Text] (Sept. 11, 2002)
         • Jeffrey B. Hicks, GSBCA 15860-RELO [Text] (Oct. 3, 2002)
      5. Lease breaking expenses
         • Alfred A. Davis, GSBCA 15886-RELO [Text] (Oct. 8, 2002)
      6. Relocation services
         • James M. Turner, GSBCA 15580-RELO [Text] (Jan. 31, 2002)
         • Mark R. Tayler, GSBCA 15621-RELO [Text] (Feb. 14, 2002)
         • Edward C. Cole, GSBCA 15760-RELO [Text] (Mar. 27, 2002)
         • Heidi C. Hirsh, GSBCA 15720-RELO [Text] (Mar. 28, 2002)
         • Laura E. Kilpatrick, GSBCA 15814-RELO [Text] (June 19, 2002)
         • Joseph A. Hoffman, GSBCA 15762-RELO [Text] (Aug. 8, 2002)
      7. Other
         • Verna Pope, GSBCA 15718-RELO [Text] (Feb. 28, 2002)(inspection; seller administration fee)
         • Dennis Nielsen, GSBCA 15754-RELO [Text] (May 17, 2002)(location of old official station/PDS)
         • Sandra L. Wilks, GSBCA 15669-RELO [Text] (July 2, 2002)(repair costs required by lender)
         • Devon Scott Shelley, GSBCA 15867-RELO [Text] (July 11, 2002)(taxes, broker's fee)
         • David L. Malone, GSBCA 15817-RELO [Text] (Aug. 2, 2002)(flood certification)
         • Alfred A. Davis, GSBCA 15888-RELO [Text] (Sept. 11, 2002)(earnest money)
         • Larry J. Wakefield, GSBCA 15823-RELO [Text] (Sept. 23, 2002)(mortgage broker fee)
8. Household goods
   1. Prior comparison of commuted rate costs and GBL costs
      • Carmen M. Isola, GSBCA 15733-RELO [Text] (Mar. 15, 2002)
   2. Amounts payable
      • David L. Foster, GSBCA 15641-RELO [Text] (Feb. 6, 2002)
      • Marion T. Silva, GSBCA 15673-RELO [Text] (Feb. 14, 2002)
      • Elizabeth G. Jackson, GSBCA 15653-RELO [Text] (June 10, 2002)
      • Richmond H. Laisure, GSBCA 15878-RELO [Text] (Aug. 28, 2002)
      • David A. Dunlap, GSBCA 15764-RELO [Text] (Nov. 8, 2002)
      • Linda G. Williams, GSBCA 15964-RELO [Text] (Dec. 17, 2002)
   3. Time in storage and timing of shipments
      • Paula K. Fowler, GSBCA 15670-RELO [Text] (Mar. 26, 2002)
   4. Disagreement about weight of shipment
      • Marina A. Galindo, GSBCA 15501-RELO [Text] (Jan. 24, 2002)
      • Richard D. Grulich, GSBCA 15800-RELO [Text] (Apr. 19, 2002)
      • Pamela S. Justus, GSBCA 15755-RELO [Text] (Aug. 2, 2002)
9. Personally owned vehicles and rental cars
   • Alan R. Brooks, GSBCA 15193-RELO [Text] (Jan. 15, 2002)
   • Shirley Rae Vanderburg, GSBCA 15626-RELO [Text] (Feb. 13, 2002)
   • Andrew J. Duff, GSBCA 15721-RELO [Text] (Aug. 27, 2002)
   • Charles E. Malone, GSBCA 15937-TRAV [Text] (Nov. 14, 2002)
10. Relocation expenses incurred incident to a transfer in the interest of the Government, and within a certain time
    1. Employee must transfer
       • Alan R. Brooks, GSBCA 15193-RELO [Text] (Jan. 15, 2002)
       • Gregory M. Chaklos, GSBCA 15685-RELO [Text] (Jan. 23, 2002)
       • Noreen Kinnavy, GSBCA 15513-RELO [Text] (Jan. 25, 2002)
       • Timothy C. Ford, GSBCA 15719-RELO [Text] (Jan. 29, 2002)
       • Beverly J. Koenig, GSBCA 15911-RELO [Text] (Aug. 6, 2002)
       • Marlene J. Walters, GSBCA 15875-RELO [Text] (Nov. 21, 2002)
    2. Expenses must be incurred incident to transfer
       • Shirley Rae Vanderburg, GSBCA 15626-RELO [Text] (Feb. 13, 2002)
       • Albert R. Wilcox, GSBCA 15776-RELO [Text] (Mar. 27, 2002)
       • Rudolph Gomez, Jr., GSBCA 15735-RELO [Text] (July 17, 2002)
       • Beverly J. Koenig, GSBCA 15911-RELO [Text] (Aug. 6, 2002)
       • Alfred A. Davis, GSBCA 15887-RELO [Text] (Oct. 8, 2002)
       • Arnold W. Ostrow, GSBCA 15949-RELO [Text] (Oct. 10, 2002)
    3. Transfer must be in the interest of the Government
       • Gregory M. Chaklos, GSBCA 15685-RELO [Text] (Jan. 23, 2002)
       • Jackie Leverette, GSBCA 15614-RELO [Text] (Mar. 7, 2002)
       • Bessie White, GSBCA 15775-RELO [Text] (Mar. 28, 2002)
       • Armando G. Solis, GSBCA 15713-RELO [Text] (Apr. 12, 2002)
       • Kenneth A. Hack, GSBCA 15758-RELO [Text] (May 20, 2002)
       • Charles Tass, GSBCA 15752-RELO [Text] (July 3, 2002)
       • George F. Ringrose, GSBCA 15899-RELO [Text] (Aug. 16, 2002)
       • Carl A. Wagner, GSBCA 15896-RELO [Text] (Aug. 30, 2002)
       • Janice J. DeVilbiss, GSBCA 15804-RELO [Text] (Sept. 20, 2002)
       • Steven G. Lovejoy, GSBCA 15826-RELO [Text] (Oct. 3, 2002)
       • Jackie Leverette, GSBCA 15806-RELO [Text] (Nov. 8, 2002)
       • Deborah F. Garrett, GSBCA 15904-RELO [Text] (Nov. 26, 2002)
    4. Within a certain time
       • James A. Wright, GSBCA 15866-RELO [Text] (June 28, 2002)
       • Nhat D. Nguyen, GSBCA 15859-RELO [Text] (July 17, 2002)
11. Taxes (WTA and RITA)
    • Patricia L. Reilly, GSBCA 15734-RELO [Text] (Mar. 28, 2002)
    • Florence H. Dosh, GSBCA 15894-RELO [Text] (Aug. 12, 2002)
    • Stephen Barber, GSBCA 15825-RELO [Text] (Sept. 17, 2002)
    • Curtis J. Lypek, GSBCA 15931-RELO [Text] (Oct. 4, 2002)
    • Soams L. Shifflett, GSBCA 15865-RELO [Text] (Oct. 11, 2002)
12. Miscellaneous
    • Gregory M. Chaklos, GSBCA 15685-RELO [Text] (Jan. 23, 2002)(no valid travel orders)
    • Linda A. Colquitt, GSBCA 15690-RELO [Text] (Jan. 29, 2002)(DoD Homeowner's Assistance Program)
    • Edward Queair, GSBCA 15714-RELO [Text] (Feb. 6, 2002)(agency reg conflicts with FTR)
    • William E. Lucas, GSBCA 15716-TRAV [Text] (Feb. 15, 2002)(claim must be presented to agency before it can be considered by Board)
    • Ronald J. Anson, GSBCA 15708-TRAV [Text] (Feb. 19, 2002)(lost authorization; lost voucher)
    • John R. Durant, GSBCA 15726-TRAV [Text] (Mar. 18, 2002)(Board does not interpret regs except when it reviews a claim)
    • Kenneth A. Hack, GSBCA 15758-RELO [Text] (May 20, 2002)(NAFI; debt repayment agreement)
    • Adil F. Khan, GSBCA 15756-RELO [Text] (July 9, 2002)(tainted day rule)
    • Felicia H. Peterschmidt, GSBCA 15843-RELO [Text] (July 24, 2002)(fraud)
    • Willie J. Garrard, GSBCA 15811-RELO [Text] (Sept. 12, 2002)(tainted day rule)
    • Edward W. Irish, GSBCA 15968-RELO [Text] (Nov. 14, 2002)(Board decisions are precedential)
    • Dennis Nielsen, GSBCA 15981-RELO [Text] (Dec. 20, 2002)("dual status" employee)
13. Meritorious claims
    • Noreen Kinnavy, GSBCA 15513-RELO [Text] (Jan. 25, 2002)
    • Charles P. Cooluris, GSBCA 15693-RELO [Text] (Feb. 11, 2002)
    • Patrick R. Gillen, GSBCA 15748-RELO [Text] (Apr. 11, 2002)
    • Jenny L.W. Jones, GSBCA 15808-RELO [Text] (Apr. 26, 2002)
14. Collective bargaining agreements
    • Debra Crites, GSBCA 15700-RELO [Text] (Jan. 25, 2002)
    • Roy Burrell, GSBCA 15717-RELO [Text] (Mar. 25, 2002)
    • Rebecca L. Moorman, GSBCA 15813-TRAV [Text] (Apr. 24, 2002)
    • James C. Henzie, GSBCA 15820-TRAV [Text] (May 9, 2002)
    • Mona Lisa Dogans, GSBCA 15861-TRAV [Text] (Sept. 6, 2002)
    • Guillermo Chavez, GSBCA 15805-RELO [Text] (Dec. 4, 2002)

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