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B-177694 1 (1973-03-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaadxj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: * 'COMPTROLLER GIENERAL OltTIlM UNITI'*D STATEMS WMSHINGTON, D.C. 20549 B-177694 March 7, 1973 Captain D. P. forrow, FC Headquarters United States Army - Support Ccnwand, iawaii (PROV) APO an Franciaco 96558 Through Pinance and Accounting Officer Offico of the Comptroller of the Army Dear Captain Morrow We refer to your letter of October 27, 1972, reference H1CCR.-t'C, forwarded to this Office frow the Office of the Comptroller of the Army under letter of December 19, 1972, reforencDPCA-.'tS.FC, concern- Inscomputation of ost-of- iving allowances NGO)i4 for civilian onp laeys guttie. artL#RL.of the Amy in lawal You have requestod our detormination of the proper method to be ue- ilin computing the hourly rates of basic pay and cost-ofaliving allowanceos as the result of a question raiead by Hr. soland D. Libby, an Army civilian employee stationed in lawaii. The ile vubmitted indicates tit duo to a reduction in force Hr. Libby was reduced from a GS-13 position and placed into c. GS-12 position. e' c declared inligibl for saulary retention rince ther rate cof Co.1t.aion in his G-12 position (0S-12, atop 10, 20,627 per annum) 11(03 1ltiir titan that of filt previous position (0S-13, step 4, 2O,612 per annuta). In addition to hi basic pay, fir. Libby is also antitled, undcer the provision; of srction 591 of titlo 5, United Staten Code, anl ciaptur 591 of the rodural ?trrorn.ncl anual concotftin8 allowiancev psy,.b)h I nnonioroign areas, to a cost-of-living allowance of 15 percent oZ hic-basic pay. This alleowance, calculated on nnnal base pay, amounced to -3,61.C0 per aMP.. in hisn Irado 13 pon.tlon r.ru a.tount to j ,1.,.05 ptw annu:a in hin present ponition. ilowever, 1-Hr. Libby contends that the amethod io use by the Pinance and Accounting Office (FAO) to calculate the hourly rate of tho €cost-of-living allow- ance, and thus derive the biweekly rate, to not In accordance in Coziptrollor Got oral instructions and resoults in hiza being undie-paid tb allowarice tu.v:iuch ho I entitled. You state that based on a noeorandw.i r stod by this Officn, B-50170, isovenbr 17, 1950, the £ollo:i nthed is used to calculate iourly and biwoely rater of pay anti allow nces: (l) Tl..rnnual basic rateof pay itv dividod by 20C0t. d. 4criv wa iotirly raLe o-&'b.rXic pAy. C 41+4 - 5