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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS SPW ENGINEERING GROUP, INC., Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )
04-794C (Judge Firestone)
JOINT STATUS REPORT Pursuant to the Court's Order dated September 19, 2005, the parties respectfully submit this Joint Status Report regarding the progress made toward informal resolution of the above-captioned case. As reported in the parties' Joint Status Report dated September 15, 2005, the DCAA audit commenced in July, 2005. The auditor reports that his work is complete, and anticipates that his report will be issued by December 16, 2005. Accordingly, the parties respectfully request the Court to continue the current stay of these proceedings for sixty (60) days to allow the DCAA to issue its audit report and to allow the parties sufficient time to review the report, and complete settlement discussions and consultations with ADR Judge Bruggink.
Respectfully submitted, PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General DAVID M. COHEN Director
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/s/ Debra L. Brown DEBRA L. BROWN 22 Free Street, Suite 302 P.O. Box 373 Portland, ME 04112 (207) 774-7887 (Tel.) (207) 774-7557 (Fax) JOSEPH A.McMANUS, JR. GEOFFREY T. KEATING McManus, Schor, Asmar & Darden, L.L.P. 1301 Connecticut Ave., NW Washington, DC 20036 (202) 296-9260 (Tel.) (202) 659-3732 (Fax) Attorneys for Plaintiff December 9, 2005
/s/ Deborah A. Bynum DEBORAH A. BYNUM Assistant Director /s/ Gregory T. Jaeger GREGORY T. JAEGER Trial Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division Department of Justice Attn: Classification Unit 8th Floor 1100 L Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 (202) 353-7955 (Tel.) (202) 353-7988 (Fax)
Attorneys for Defendant December 9, 2005
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CERTIFICATE OF FILING I hereby certify that, on December 9, 2005, a copy of the foregoing "JOINT STATUS REPORT" was filed electronically. I understand that notice of this filing will be sent to all parties by operation of the Court's electronic filing system. Parties may access this filing through the Court's system.
/s/ Gregory T. Jaeger