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


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                        September 12, 2002
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                         GSBCA 15882-RELO


               In the Matter of STEPHEN T. CLASSICK


     Stephen T. Classick, Langley Air Force Base, VA, Claimant.

     Capt. Alisa C. Ricks, Commander, Financial Services Flight, Department of the Air
Force, Langley Air Force Base, VA, appearing for Department of the Air Force.

DeGRAFF, Board Judge.

     In Stephen T. Classick, GSBCA 15882-RELO (Aug. 15, 2002), we decided that the
Department of Defense properly denied Mr. Classick's claim for reimbursement of real estate
transaction expenses.  Mr. Classick sold his house at his old duty station in the United States
in connection with his transfer to a new duty station outside the United States, and the sale
occurred before the agency officially notified him that he would not return to his old duty
station.  Mr. Classick asks that we reconsider our decision. 

     Mr. Classick says that new information supports his request for reconsideration.  The
information that Mr. Classick calls to our attention -- that his agency previously reimbursed
him for a claim similar in all respects to his present claim -- was available to him at the time
he submitted his claim to us.  Therefore, the information is not "new" and does not provide
grounds for reconsideration.  In addition, as we explained in our original decision,
reimbursement of an employee in Mr. Classick's situation is prohibited by statute.  If his
agency previously reimbursed him for a claim like this one, its actions were contrary to
statute and do not provide a basis for reimbursing Mr. Classick for his more recent real estate
transaction.  



     The request for reconsideration is denied.




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                                   MARTHA H. DeGRAFF
                                   Board Judge