Board of Contract Appeals
                    General Services Administration
                         Washington, D.C. 20405
 
 
 
                                                 
 
                             April 8, 1998
                                                 
 
 
                            GSBCA 14503-TRAV
 
 
                       In the Matter of RON MYERS
 
 
        Ron Myers, Santa Fe, NM, Claimant.
 
        Harlan  Smid,   Director  of  Financial   Resources,  Forest
   Service,  Region 1,  Missoula, MT,  appearing  for Department  of
   Agriculture.
 
   DANIELS, Board Judge (Chairman).
 
        In  Ron  Myers,  GSBCA 14219-RELO,  98-1  BCA     29,409, we
   determined  that  the  Forest Service  was  obligated,  under the
   Federal  Travel  Regulation,  to reimburse  an  employee  for the
   expenses he  incurred in selling  his residence at  his "official
   station," even  though that  station was his  place of  temporary
   duty rather than a permanent assignment.
 
        The agency then determined that  it should pay the  employee
   all of the sales expenses he claimed.  At the same time, however,
   it inexplicably demanded that the employee repay all of the money
   it had  provided  to him  as travel  allowances while  he was  on
   temporary duty.  The employee asked us to review this decision.
 
        In response,  the Forest  Service reversed  course, agreeing
   that the  employee should repay  only four percent of  the travel
   allowances   it  had  provided.     The  employee   accepts  this
   determination.
 
        Since no matters  of travel or relocation  expense remain in
   dispute, there is no claim to be settled.  We consequently remove
   this case from our docket.
 
                                 _________________________
                                 STEPHEN M. DANIELS 
                                 Board Judge