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B-195693 1 (1979-10-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjgi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: IIUL B- COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF 'ite UNITED STATE- WASf INGTON, tC, Z041 B-195693 The Honorable John J. BoYl The Public Printer Government Printing Office Dear Mr. Boyle: October 25, 1979 ±IIJL 4'& ~ ;e u'*4. ~JLj,~ j~ 4 -U .-.'. ., 0 . This is in response to your letter to our Office dated August 6, 1979, concerning your authority to review a decision by your agency's Board of Contract Appeals. U K You state that the Board, acting putsuant to the standard contract Disputes clause, recently rendered a decision in the1 Goverpment's favor with one minority opinion. You further itdicate that the contractor, relying on the argument 'advanced in the dissent, has asked you to personally reconsider the Boatd's decision. You request our opinion r*'* * whether the Public Printer has the requisite authority to review and, if he so desires, modify a fAnal determination made by the Government Printing Office Board of Contrcct Appeals. Your delegation ing of appeals reads of as aut ,hority reg&rding the follows- . . decid- The Office of General Counsel of the Government Printing Office is hereby desi.gnated my representative for the hearing and deciding of appeals arising out of contracts entered into by the Government Printing Offie. Further the standard Disputes clause, contained the instant contract, reads, in pertinent part: * * * The decision of the Publ'c Printer or his duly authorized representative for the determination of such appeals shall be final and conclusive unless determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been fraudulent, or capricious, or arbitrary, b @ in dv (I r UA.o~ 1 2 , I - I . -pl, . a