Title 43: Public Lands: Interior
PART 4—DEPARTMENT HEARINGS AND APPEALS PROCEDURES
Subpart C—Special Rules of Practice Before the Interior Board of Contract Appeals
Prehearing Procedure Rules
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§ 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.
