United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao_comptroller_general legislative 2016-06-24 U.S. Government Publishing Office 2000-05-24 monographic deposited born digital 4 p. GA 1.13:B-284080.3 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-284080-3 P0b002ee18fd4c1cd f:2840803 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-284080-3 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-284080-3 B-284080.3 Comptroller General Decision Agency request that General Accounting Office modify a prior sustained decision by deleting recommendation that the protester be reimbursed the cost of pursuing its protest, including reasonable attorneys' fees, because the agency acted in good faith reliance upon information given it by another agency is denied, as recommendation for reimbursement of protest costs bears no relationship to whether agency acted in good faith, and is not intended to penalize the agency, but instead exists to relieve protesters of the financial burden of vindicating the public interests which Congress was seeking to promote when it passed the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-284080-3/html/GAOREPORTS-B-284080-3.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-284080-3/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-284080-3.pdf GAO/B-284080.3 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-284080-3 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-284080.3; Department of the Navy--Modification of Remedy, B-284080.3, May 24, 2000;