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 2016-06-23 U.S. Government Publishing Office 2004-08-12 monographic deposited born digital 6 p. GA 1.13:B-292761.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-292761-2 P0b002ee18fd43a29 f:2927612 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-292761-2 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-292761-2 B-292761.2 Comptroller General Decision 1. A protester's request for reimbursement of attorney fees based on an assertion that the protester had an oral agreement with its in-house general counsel permitting him to work on the protest as outside legal counsel, on a contingency-fee basis, is denied where there is no contemporaneous evidence to support the claimed oral agreement; where the general counsel submitted his filings on the protester's letterhead, and signed those filings as an officer of the firm, not as outside counsel; and where the protester paid the general counsel his salary as an employee during the time he was working on the protest.<p/> 2. A protester's salary costs for the time an employee devoted to pursuing a protest to our Office are reimbursable where the record shows that the employee spent the time claimed pursuing the protest, the amount of the time was reasonable, and the cost of the employee's time to the protesting firm can be calculated with reasonable accuracy. Where a salaried employee worked more than 40 hours per week, but is not compensated for time worked in excess of 40 hours, reimbursable protest costs are determined based on the proportionate share of the employee's weekly salary attributable to work on the protest, and not on the employee's standard hourly rate. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-292761-2/html/GAOREPORTS-B-292761-2.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-292761-2/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-292761-2.pdf GAO/B-292761.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-292761-2 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-292761.2; e-LYNXX Corporation--Costs, B-292761.2, August 12, 2004;