NASA NPD 9645.2 REV F
Claims for Erroneous Payment of Pay and Allowances, Travel and Transportation, Relocation Expenses, and Allowances
Publication Date: | 19 August 2019 |
Status: | active |
Page Count: | 4 |
scope:
APPLICABILITY
a. This NPD is applicable to NASA Headquarters and NASA Centers, including Component Facilities and Technical and Service Support Centers. This language applies to contractors, grant recipients, or parties to agreements only to the extent specified or referenced in the appropriate contracts, grants, or agreements.
b. This directive is applicable to claims of the United States arising out of erroneous payments of pay and allowances, travel and transportation, relocation expenses, and allowances made to or on behalf of NASA employees.
c. This directive only applies to waivers of overpayments on debt covered by the provisions of 5 U.S.C. § 5584. Depending on the nature of the debt, there may be independent statutory authorities that allow waivers, in whole or in part, of the collection of certain debt for money owed for payments received or when an employee is otherwise indebted to the Federal Government. Contact the NSSC Customer Contact Center for further information.
d. This directive does not apply to payments made to other than NASA employees, or an advance made to any employee. See 5 U.S.C. Ch. 57, Subchs. I and II.
e. Administrative claims including, but not limited to, claims for overtime pay, administrative leave, travel time or allowances, or restoration of forfeited annual leave, for which the claimant believes they are entitled by law or regulation and have been denied, are outside the scope of this directive. General procedures for administrative claims against the United States are decided by the Office of Personnel Management. See 5 CFR pt. 178, subpt. A.
f. In this directive, all document citations are assumed to be the latest version, unless otherwise noted.
g. In this directive all mandatory actions (i.e., requirements) are denoted by statements containing the term "shall," the terms "may" or "can" denotes discretionary privilege or permission, "should" denotes a good practice and is recommend but not required, "will" denotes expected outcome, and "are/is" denotes descriptive material.