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



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                         January 28, 1999
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                         GSBCA 14653-RELO
                                 

                  In the Matter of DANIEL JANUSZ

                              
     Daniel Janusz, Marina, CA, Claimant.

     Mark B. Barta, Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Columbus Center,
Columbus, OH, appearing for Department of Defense.
     
BORWICK, Board Judge.

     Claimant requests reconsideration of our decision in Daniel Janusz, GSBCA 14653-
RELO (Nov. 9, 1998).  There we held that claimant was not entitled to reimbursement of
alleged termination expenses of a lease, because the lease was not terminated.  Rather,
claimant's roommate remained as a tenant, responsible under the joint and several liability
clause of the lease for payment of the full rental amount.  After claimant vacated the premises,
claimant paid two months rent and sought half of the amount from the Government.  Our
decision was based on section C14005 of the Joint Travel Regulations (JTR)(now in revised
form as C14004), which makes reimbursement of expenses contingent upon "termination of
a lease prior to the expiration date."  For the reasons below, we deny reconsideration.    

     Claimant argues, erroneously, that the decision was based "on the fact that I did not
terminate the lease.  I am requesting reconsideration on the fact that I did terminate the lease." 
Later, claimant states that "after paying the two months rent my portion of the lease was
terminated." 

     Our decision was not based on claimant's having terminated the lease or a portion of
the lease, but on the fact that the lease itself was not terminated.  Claimant's roommate
remained as a tenant, responsible for payment of the rent as required by the lease terms. 
Claimant generously subsidized his roommate's lease expense, but the Government is not
responsible for that subsidy.  The Board denies reconsideration.



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ANTHONY S. BORWICK
Board Judge