Washington, DC
U.S. Office of Personnel Management
Compensation Claim Decision
Under section 3702 of title 31, United States Code
Washington, DC
Robert D. Hendler
Classification and Pay Claims
Program Manager
Agency Compliance and Evaluation
Merit System Accountability and Compliance
12/16/2016
Date
The claimant is a Federal civilian employee of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in Washington, DC. She requests the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) provide a waiver of debt in the amount of $5,745.57. OPM received the request on September 20, 2016. For the reasons discussed herein, the claim is denied for lack of jurisdiction.
The claimant received a debt collection letter, dated March 2, 2015, from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Payroll Operations Division (POD). The letter stated that DOI’s POD determined that, as a result of an error made during the on-boarding process, the claimant received a salary overpayment totaling a net amount of $5,745.57. As instructed in the letter, the claimant then applied for a waiver of repayment with her employing agency, the EEOC. The waiver was denied. The claimant now attempts to appeal her waiver of overpayment request to OPM.
As a result of legislative and executive action, the authority to waive overpayments of pay and allowances now resides with the heads of agencies, regardless of the amount. See the General Accounting Office Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-316, 110 Stat. 3826, approved
This settlement is final. No further administrative review is available within OPM. Nothing in this settlement limits the claimant's right to bring an action in an appropriate