GSA meanwhile invoked a provision of the FTR allowing agencies to waive the standard time limits on relocation benefits. Image: BNMK 0819/Shutterstock.com
In the wake of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, the GSA has told agencies that they “should consider delaying all non-essential relocations to the affected areas for a period of at least 30 days because the ability to secure lodgings may have been compromised due to the storm.”
“Due to the lasting effects of the storm damage to these affected areas, finding a permanent residence may be difficult, which might also affect household goods temporary storage time requirements, along with the completion of all aspects of relocation within one year of reporting to the new duty station,” it said in a Federal Travel Regulation bulletin.
The GSA meanwhile invoked a provision of the FTR allowing agencies to waive the standard time limits on relocation benefits including for house hunting trips and temporary storage of household goods in affected areas of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
However, the 120-day maximum for payment of temporary quarters subsistence expenses remains in effect, it said.
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