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Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals Dismisses Claim Submitted via e-mail but Not Singed by Traditional Pen and Ink Method

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: Lexology, July 21, 2008.

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"In Teknocraft, Inc., ASBCA No. 55438, 2008 WL 1765781, the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA) dismissed a claim submitted via electronic mail where the certification required by the Contract Disputes Act, 41 U.S.C. §§ 601 et seq. (CDA), was not signed "by the traditional pen and ink method," but instead Teknocraft attempted to certify it with the typed notation '//signed//' above the certifying official's name"

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on July 21, 2008 (boomark / email).