Matter of: [claimant] Date: October 18, 2001 File Number: 02-0001 OPM Contact: Deborah Y. McKissick The claimant is an employee of the [agency]. He was removed from the [agency] in May 1990, but was reinstated in June 1996. He is requesting back pay for the six years that he did not receive compensation from the [agency]. We received the claim on October 17, 2001. The Office of Personnel Management does not have any authority to settle claims that have been made against an agency that has independent settlement authority under the law. The applicable law in this case, section 2008(c) of title 39, United States Code, states:
This regulatory provision authorizes the [agency] to consider and settle all claims that have been made against it. Therefore, we do not have the authority to consider or settle this claim. |
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