General Services Board of Contract Appeals
Travel and Relocation Claims Decided By The GSBCA

~ 2005 ~

I. Lodging, meals, and incidental expenses


William T. Cowan, Jr., GSBCA 16525-TRAV [Text] (Feb. 11, 2005)

Daniel Brady, GSBCA 16580-TRAV [Text] (Feb. 22, 2005)

Nidavan Kanasawadse, GSBCA 16508-TRAV [Text] (Mar. 3, 2005)

Lisa Schwartz, GSBCA 16669-TRAV [Text] (July 13, 2005)

Harriette Treloar, GSBCA 16699-TRAV [Text] (Aug. 17, 2005)

Michael G. Stevens, GSBCA 16652-TRAV [Text] (Aug. 26, 2005)

 

 

II. Transportation expenses of temporary duty travel


Richard J. Maillet, GSBCA 16446-RELO [Text] (Feb. 28, 2005)

Felix Valentin, GSBCA 16621-TRAV [Text] (Jun. 8, 2005)

Douglas E. Hickey, GSBCA 16571-TRAV [Text] (Jun. 15, 2005)

Ronald A. Belica, GSBCA 16579-TRAV [Text] (Jun. 15, 2005)

Gary Hopkins, GSBCA 16667-TRAV [Text] (July 1, 2005)

Maynard A. Satsky, GSBCA 16632-RELO [Text] (July 15, 2005)

Michael G. Stevens, GSBCA 16652-TRAV [Text] (Aug. 26, 2005)

Margaret M. Tardif, GSBCA 16664-TRAV [Text] (Sept. 13, 2005)

Gary P. Mathis, GSBCA 16633-RELO [Text] (Sept. 15, 2005)

Gemelia Restum, GSBCA 16671-TRAV [Text] (Nov. 18, 2005)

 

 

III. House hunting trips

 

Marsha M. Webb - Dompreh, GSBCA 16542-RELO [Text] (Jun. 10, 2005)

 

 

IV. New employees, retirees, separated employees


John E. Brown, GSBCA 16546-RELO [Text] (Feb. 2, 2005)

Debora J. Green, GSBCA 16505-RELO [Text] (Feb. 28, 2005)

Charles J. Smollen, GSBCA 16532-RELO [Text] (Apr. 29, 2005)

Kevin R. Kimiak, GSBCA 16641-RELO [Text] (Jun. 13, 2005)

Van H. Brass, II, GSBCA 16636-RELO [Text] (Jun. 29, 2005)

Opher Heymann, GSBCA 16687-RELO [Text] (Oct. 7, 2005)

Rosemary Schultz, GSBCA 16703-RELO [Text] (Oct. 18, 2005)

David W. Brown, GSBCA 16721-RELO [Text] (Nov. 2, 2005)

Terence L. Lynch, GSBCA 16678-RELO [Text] (Nov. 30, 2005)

 

 

V. Overseas postings (including temporary quarters)


Donald W. Owens, GSBCA 16533-RELO [Text] (Jan. 13, 2005)

John E. Brown, GSBCA 16546-RELO [Text] (Feb. 2, 2005)

Richard H. Whittier, GSBCA 16538-RELO [Text] (Mar. 10, 2005)

Paul Gill, GSBCA 16593-RELO [Text] (Mar. 18, 2005)

James Gregory Mills, GSBCA 16584-RELO [Text] (Mar. 25, 2005)

Mark Burnett, GSBCA 16578-RELO [Text] (Apr. 21, 2005)

Janice F. Stuart, GSBCA 16596-RELO [Text] (Apr. 27 and Jun. 29, 2005)

James Gregory Mills, GSBCA 16584-RELO [Text] (May 16, 2005)

Rebecca B. Harpole, GSBCA 16589-TRAV [Text] (July 13, 2005)

Vicky Hawkinson, GSBCA 16697-TRAV [Text] (Sept. 29, 2005)

David Hunter, GSBCA 16651-RELO [Text] (Sept. 30, 2005)

William Meyers, GSBCA 16702-RELO [Text] (Nov. 16, 2005)

Domenicangelo D’Angella, GSBCA 16704-RELO [Text] (Nov. 22, 2005)

 

 

VI. Temporary quarters


           A. Employee's intent

 

           B. Extensions of the initially authorized period


Sheila Baker, GSBCA 16573-RELO [Text] (Apr. 29, 2005)

Kimberly A. Smith, GSBCA 16615-RELO [Text] (July 6, 2005)

J.D. Jamar, Jr., GSBCA 16646-RELO [Text] (Aug. 8, 2005)

 

 

           C. Amounts payable


V. Diane Rhodes, GSBCA 16445-RELO [Text] (Jan. 10, 2005)

David W. Schmidt, GSBCA 16541-RELO [Text] (Feb. 4, 2005)

Stacey D. Williams-Kleinert, GSBCA 16566-RELO [Text] (Apr. 27, 2005)

Marsha M. Webb - Dompreh, GSBCA 16542-RELO [Text] (Jun. 10, 2005)

Kenneth R. Wheeler, Jr., GSBCA 16630-RELO [Text] (Aug. 9, 2005)

Virgil G. Hobbs III, GSBCA 16625-RELO [Text] (Sept. 15, 2005)

David M. Dawood, GSBCA 16707-RELO [Text] (Sept. 22, 2005)

Monika Mayr, GSBCA 16685-RELO [Text] (Oct. 14, 2005)

 

 

VII. Real estate transaction expenses


           A. General principles


                      1. Employee must incur costs


John P. Rydzik, GSBCA 16433-RELO [Text] (Feb. 23, 2005)

Alecia B. Scally, GSBCA 16616-RELO [Text] (May 17, 2005)

Prasad G.K. Vegunta, GSBCA 16592-RELO [Text] (Aug. 4, 2005)

John L. Pipes, GSBCA 16640-RELO [Text] (Aug. 11, 2005)

Terence L. Lynch, GSBCA 16678-RELO [Text] (Nov. 30, 2005)

 

 

                      2. Employee must sell/purchase real estate


                      3. Some expenses must be "customarily paid" by seller/buyer

 

 

Doris L. Starkes, GSBCA 16509-RELO [Text] (Jan. 14, 2005)

Kerry M. Kennedy, GSBCA 16540-RELO [Text] (Jan. 26, 2005)

Roxanna E. Zamora, GSBCA 16562-RELO [Text] (Mar. 4, 2005) (tax service fee)

Joanne Hughes, GSBCA 16694-RELO [Text] (Aug. 26, 2005) (credit toward closing costs)

Craig J. Schwartz, GSBCA 16709-RELO [Text] (Sept. 27, 2005) (waiver for setback violation)

 

 

           B. Title issues


Andreas Frank, GSBCA 16706-RELO [Text] (Nov. 8, 2005)

 

 

            C. Regularly commutes


Uta Acker, GSBCA 16619-RELO [Text] (May 5, 2005)

 

 

            D. Specific types of costs


                      1. Excess land


                      2. Courier fees

 

Douglas Tastad, GSBCA 16543-RELO [Text] (Apr. 20, 2005)

Floyd C. Freeman, GSBCA 16648-RELO [Text] (July 21, 2005)

Monika Mayr, GSBCA 16685-RELO [Text] (Oct. 14, 2005)

 

 

                      3. Cooperative association administrative fees


                      4. Mortgage insurance, hazard insurance, title insurance


Kerry M. Kennedy, GSBCA 16540-RELO [Text] (Jan. 26, 2005) (hazard insurance)

Susan J. Jackson, GSBCA 16516-RELO [Text] (Mar. 1, 2005) (title insurance)

David D. Litt, GSBCA 16556-RELO [Text] (May 11, 2005) (title insurance)

Sylvia H. Shaner, GSBCA 16594-RELO [Text] (May 23, 2005) (title insurance)

Nadab O. Bynum, GSBCA 16715-RELO [Text] (Sept. 27, 2005) (title insurance)

 

 

                      5. Construction of a new home


                      6. Finance charges/Legal fees


Kerry M. Kennedy, GSBCA 16540-RELO [Text] (Jan. 26, 2005) (tax service fee)

Michael Blazis, GSBCA 16519-RELO [Text] (Feb. 3, 2005)(loan commitment fee)

Timothy R. Defoggi, GSBCA 16496-RELO [Text] (Feb. 11, 2005)(mortgage broker fee)

Roxanna E. Zamora, GSBCA 16562-RELO [Text] (Mar. 4, 2005) (tax service fee)

Charles W. Adams, GSBCA 16485-RELO [Text] (Apr. 12, 2005) (commitment/application fee)

Douglas Tastad, GSBCA 16543-RELO [Text] (Apr. 20, 2005)(tax service fee, tax set up fee)

Kevin M. Fahey, GSBCA 16622-RELO [Text] (Jun. 14, 2005) (mtge company processing fee)

Floyd C. Freeman, GSBCA 16648-RELO [Text] (July 21, 2005)(mtge broker fee, bank fee)

Monika Mayr, GSBCA 16685-RELO [Text] (Oct. 14, 2005) (doc prep fee, wire/fax fee)

Terence L. Lynch, GSBCA 16678-RELO [Text] (Nov. 30, 2005) (commitment fee)

 

 

                      7. Loan discounts, mortgage discounts


                      8. Lease breaking expenses


                      9. Relocation services

 

                      10. Other


Kerry M. Kennedy, GSBCA 16540-RELO [Text] (Jan. 26, 2005) (property taxes)

Timothy R. Defoggi, GSBCA 16496-RELO [Text] (Feb. 11, 2005) (inspection fee)

Susan J. Jackson, GSBCA 16516-RELO [Text] (Mar. 1, 2005)(pest/home inspection)

Douglas Tastad, GSBCA 16543-RELO [Text] (Apr. 20, 2005)(inspection waiver fee)

David D. Litt, GSBCA 16556-RELO [Text] (May 11, 2005) (inspection fee)

Sylvia H. Shaner, GSBCA 16594-RELO [Text] (May 23, 2005)(broker fee paid by purchaser)

Kevin M. Fahey, GSBCA 16622-RELO [Text] (Jun. 14, 2005) (radon test fee)

Floyd C. Freeman, GSBCA 16648-RELO [Text] (July 21, 2005) (radon test fee)

Beatrice Shearn, GSBCA 16642-RELO [Text] (Sept. 9, 2005)(prepayment fee, lien release fee)

 

 

VIII. Household goods


           A. Prior comparison of commuted rate costs and GBL costs

 

Mark W. Miller, GSBCA 16497-RELO [Text] (Mar. 7, 2005)

 

 

           B. Amounts payable

 

V. Diane Rhodes, GSBCA 16445-RELO [Text] (Jan. 10, 2005)

Thomasine P. Ross, GSBCA 16564-RELO [Text] (Mar. 10, 2005)

Jean S. Nicolas, GSBCA 16602-RELO [Text] (May 3, 2005)

Russell Showers & Winifred Lehman, GSBCA 16608-RELO [Text] (Aug. 3, 2005)

 

 

           C. Time in storage and timing of shipments


Paul Gill, GSBCA 16593-RELO [Text] (Mar. 18, 2005)

 

 

           D. Disagreement about weight of shipment


Charles E. Pixley, GSBCA 16484-RELO [Text] (Feb. 4, 2005)

Michael V. Torretta, GSBCA 16560-RELO [Text] (Mar. 15, 2005)

Alan Poleszak, GSBCA 16693-RELO [Text] (Sept. 1, 2005)

 

 

IX. Personally owned vehicles and rental cars


V. Diane Rhodes, GSBCA 16445-RELO [Text] (Jan. 10, 2005)

Rosalind D. Hairston, GSBCA 16537-RELO [Text] (Jan. 26, 2005)

Jason D. Rohloff, GSBCA 16576-TRAV [Text] (Jun. 15, 2005)

 

 

X. Relocation expenses incurred incident to a transfer in the interest of the Government, and within a certain time


           A. Employee must transfer


Nancy C. Johnson, GSBCA 16612-RELO [Text] (Mar. 22, 2005) (service agreement)

Michael L. Pond, GSBCA 16517-RELO [Text] (Mar. 22, 2005) (service agreement)

Janice F. Stuart, GSBCA 16596-RELO [Text] (Apr. 27 and Jun. 29, 2005) (transfer/return rights)

Jack N. Goldstein, GSBCA 16647-RELO [Text] (Aug. 18, 2005) (service agreement)

Melinda K. Kitchens, GSBCA 16639-RELO [Text] (Aug. 23, 2005) (service agreement)

Thomas M. Stan, GSBCA 16679-RELO [Text] (Aug. 25, 2005) (transfer not completed)

 

 

           B. Expenses must be incurred incident to transfer


Gary P. Mathis, GSBCA 16633-RELO [Text] (Sept. 15, 2005)

 

 

           C. Transfer must be in the interest of the Government


Marco A. Endara, GSBCA 16524-RELO [Text] (Jan. 28, 2005)

Janice F. Stuart, GSBCA 16596-RELO [Text] (Apr. 27, 2005)

Joanne Hughes, GSBCA 16694-RELO [Text] (Aug. 26, 2005)

Timothy A. Burgess, GSBCA 16725-RELO [Text] (Oct. 5, 2005)

 

 

           D. Within a certain time


Janice F. Stuart, GSBCA 16596-RELO [Text] (Apr. 27, 2005)

Christopher RC Young, GSBCA 16585-RELO [Text] (May 2, 2005)

Jean Francois Mpouli, GSBCA 16695-RELO [Text] (Aug. 19, 2005)

Jennifer Chapman, GSBCA 16680-RELO [Text] (Sept. 7, 2005)

 

 

XI. Taxes (WTA and RITA)


Paula M. Stead, GSBCA 16506-RELO [Text] (Jan. 11, 2005)

Randall O. Peaugh, GSBCA 16628-RELO [Text] (Jun. 29, 2005)

Robert J. Blanchette, GSBCA 16686-RELO [Text] (Oct. 14, 2005)

Bruce W. Crittenden, GSBCA 16726-RELO [Text] (Nov. 8, 2005)

 

 

XII. Miscellaneous


V. Diane Rhodes, GSBCA 16445-RELO [Text] (Jan. 10, 2005) (exercise of discretion to authorize relo benefits) (finance office cannot revoke proper action of authorizing official)

Thomasine P. Ross, GSBCA 16564-RELO [Text] (Mar. 10, 2005) (immediate family - grandchild)

James N. Herring, Jr., GSBCA 16455-RELO [Text] (Mar. 21, 2005) (if agency pays, there is nothing for the Board to settle)

Timothy Peter Baker, GSBCA 16396-RELO [Text] (Mar. 31, 2005) (untimely submission to Board)

Angela Y. Hicks, GSBCA 16586-RELO [Text] (Apr. 4, 2005) (immediate family - father)

Marsha M. Webb - Dompreh, GSBCA 16542-RELO [Text] (Jun. 10, 2005)(employee needed to supervise GBL move)

Kimberly A. Smith, GSBCA 16615-RELO [Text] (July 6, 2005)(overdraft charges)

 

 

XIII. Meritorious claims


XIV. Collective bargaining agreements


Rolando J. Jimenez, GSBCA 16570-TRAV [Text] (Mar. 9, 2005)

Edward Olivares, GSBCA 16577-TRAV [Text] (Mar. 9, 2005)

LaVerle E. Olivier, GSBCA 16598-RELO [Text] (Apr. 26, 2005)

Billy Lee Belcher, GSBCA 16670-TRAV [Text] (July 26, 2005)

 


 

Last Updated:  04/08/08
Last Reviewed: 04/08/08