[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 43, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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[CITE: 43CFR4.103]



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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

PART 4_DEPARTMENT HEARINGS AND APPEALS PROCEDURES--Table of Contents

 

    Subpart C_Special Rules of Practice Before the Interior Board of 

                            Contract Appeals

 

Sec.  4.103  Forwarding and docketing of appeals.



    (a) Forwarding of appeal. When a notice of appeal in any form has 

been received by the contracting officer, he shall endorse thereon the 

date of mailing (or the date of receipt, if the notice was otherwise 

conveyed) and within 5 days shall forward said notice of appeal to the 

Board by certified mail. He shall also promptly notify the Department's 

Office of the Solicitor, in accordance with instructions of the 

Solicitor, that the appeal has been received in order that a Department 

counsel may be appointed.

    (b) Docketing of appeals. When a notice of appeal in any form has 

been received by the Board, it shall be docketed promptly. Notice in 

writing of the fact of docketing, together with a copy of these rules, 

shall be mailed promptly by certified mail to the appellant. Also, a 

copy of such notice, together with a copy of the notice of appeal if not 

originally filed with the contracting officer, shall be mailed promptly 

by certified mail to the contacting officer. Such notice shall 

acknowledge receipt of the appeal and advise appellant of the appeal 

number assigned to the appeal.



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