Board of Contract Appeals
                 General Services Administration
                      Washington, D.C. 20405

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                   DISMISSED:  November 4, 1996
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                         GSBCA 13669-TRAV


                  In the Matter of WALTER W. LEE


     Walter W. Lee, APO San Francisco, CA, Claimant.

     Robert D. Goodwin, Civilian Personnel Director, U.S. Army Japan, APO Area
Pacific, appearing for the Department of the Army.

HYATT, Board Judge.

     On July 18, 1995, Walter W. Lee requested that the General Accounting Office review
the Department of the Air Force's determination that he was required to take two days of
annual leave in connection with business travel from Japan to Hawaii.

     On July 17, pursuant to Section 211 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,
1996, Pub. L. No. 104-53, 109 Stat. 535 (1995), certain functions of the Comptroller General
were transferred to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) effective
June 30, 1996, with the authority to redelegate such functions to other agencies as determined
by the Director to be appropriate.  Under a determination issued by OMB on June 28, 1996,
the Comptroller General's function with respect to the resolution of claims for expenses
incurred by federal civilian employees for official travel and transportation was delegated to
the Administrator of the General Services Administration.  That function was further
delegated to the General Services Administration Board of Contract Appeals.  The
Comptroller General's function with respect to the resolution of claims involving
compensation and leave for federal employees was delegated to the Office of Personnel
Management.

     In July 1996, the General Accounting Office sent Mr. Lee's claim to this Board, which
docketed it as GSBCA 13669-TRAV.  After review of the file, the Board has concluded that
the claim, which seeks solely the reinstatement of annual leave, and no expenses with respect
to the travel undertaken, should have been sent to the Office of Personnel Management.



     Since the Board has no authority to resolve this claim, it is DISMISSED.  The Board
will forward the file, with appropriate explanation, to the Office of Personnel Management.





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                                   CATHERINE B. HYATT
                                   Board Judge