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B-191181 1 (1978-04-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfxy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I1 CJECISION FILE: B-191181 TMH COMPTROLLER GENSRAL OF THE UNITED UTATEB WASHINGTON. D.C. o54e Civ. err. DATE: April 2T, 1978 MATTER OF: Charles C. Moody D GEST: 1. Claims settlement denying portion of claim for work done in pre- paring additions to a technical report for use by the Navy is af- firmed since no contract existed, claimant's additions were volun- teered as an unsolicited proposal, naval officials with whom claim- ant dealt had no contracting authority, and Government is not bound by unauthorized acts of its agents. 2. Claimant may not he paid interest on portion of claim allowed by claims settlement in the absence of a valid contract or a statute specifically providing for payment of interest. This action is in response to a letter dated January 17, 1976, from Charles G. Moody, appealing the settlement issued by our Claims Division in Settlement Certificate No. Z-2726805, dated June 22, 1977, which allowed $3,453.50 of Mr. Moody's claim for $16,069 for research'he performed without benefit of j contract with the United States. In hts appeal, Mr. Moody seeks recovery of the full $16,069 claimed, plus interest on any amount allowed. Mr. Moody is a former grade GS-13 omployee of the Ship Perfor- mance Department of the David W. Taylor Naval Ship Research and DevelopmenL Center (Center) of the United States Navy where he was employed for 27- years until his retirement on November 30, 1971, upon his having attaned the mandatory retirement age of 70. At the time of his retirement, Mr. Moody was working on various pro- jects including the preparation of a technical report on the Hydrodynamic Characteristics of Control Surfaces. The technical report was not completed during his employment at the Center, and VLi ______ i 0, 1

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