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089656 1 (1975-09-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacvse0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE REGIONAL OFFICE SUITE 500. WASHINGTON BOULEVARD BUILDING 234 STATE STREET DETROIT, MICHIGAN 48226 011 r4SEP251T Captain Harry H. Arnold Director, Military Pay Systems Division Navy Accounting and Finance Center Washington, D. C. Dear Captain Arnold: As part of our continuing review of the Navy's financial management system, we have examined selected disbursing accounts to test the accuracy of payments of quarters allowances (BAQ) to single career members when they change duty stations. Public Law 90-207, dated December 16, 1967, authorizes payment of BAQ to single career members during periods of leave, travel time, proceed time and temporary duty en route under change of station orders unless quarters are assigned. The law was enacted to provide equal treatment for married and single members and was implemented by paragraph 30211 of the Department of Defense Military Pay and Allowances Entitlements Manual. We detected problems in the administration of the entitlement in our audits of disbursing officer's accounts and reviews of recent Navy on-site administrative examination reports. Our findings indicate many members may not be receiving the allowance. We tested the pay accounts of 125 single members who performed temporary duty en route between duty stations in fiscal year 1974. Our sample included the pay accounts of 71 members who were on temporary duty fitting out four ships and 54 members who attended training courses. As shown in the appendix, 71 of the 125 members were not paid BAQ for all or part of the period of their entitlement. In the pay accounts of the 71 members we found 101 under- payments totaling $9,006.