B-114329, B-124299, SEP. 15, 1959
Highlights
ROSS: FURTHER REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF JULY 17. WE HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF A LETTER TO YOU DATED AUGUST 18. WE CONCUR WITH THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE CHIEF BENEFITS DIRECTOR AND ARE OF THE OPINION THAT THE REGULATION IN QUESTION IS CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT AND PURPOSE OF THE AUTHORIZING STATUTE AND THE INTERPRETATION BY THE COURT OF CLAIMS IN ITS DECISION OF JULY 16.
B-114329, B-124299, SEP. 15, 1959
TO WACHTEL, WIENER, AND ROSS:
FURTHER REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF JULY 17, 1959, REQUESTING OUR CONSIDERATION OF A ,PROTEST OF RADIO-TELEVISION TRAINING ASSOCIATION, INC. TO AMENDMENT OF 38 CFR 21.2303 (C) (3) I)" ADDRESSED TO THE ADMINISTRATOR OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND TO THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES RELATIVE TO THE PAYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE ALLOWANCES TO CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 38 U.S.C. 1665.
WE HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF A LETTER TO YOU DATED AUGUST 18, 1959, WHEREIN THE CHIEF BENEFITS DIRECTOR OF THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION ADVISED YOU THAT NO REASONABLE BASIS COULD BE FOUND FOR RECOMMENDING A MODIFICATION OF THE REGULATION AS SUGGESTED ON BEHALF OF THE PROTESTANT, RADIO-TELEVISION TRAINING ASSOCIATION, INC. IN HIS LETTER THE CHIEF BENEFITS DIRECTOR REVIEWED THE CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE AMENDED REGULATION IN THE LIGHT OF THE SEVERAL POINTS RAISED IN THE PROTEST.
WE CONCUR WITH THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE CHIEF BENEFITS DIRECTOR AND ARE OF THE OPINION THAT THE REGULATION IN QUESTION IS CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT AND PURPOSE OF THE AUTHORIZING STATUTE AND THE INTERPRETATION BY THE COURT OF CLAIMS IN ITS DECISION OF JULY 16, 1958, RADIO-TELEVISION TRAINING ASSOCIATION V. UNITED STATES, 163 F.SUPP. 637, CITED IN THE PROTEST, AS MODIFIED BY THE COURT'S ORDER OF DECEMBER 3, 1958. HENCE, WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE CONTENTIONS ADVANCED BY THE PROTESTANT AFFORD ANY JUSTIFICATION FOR QUESTIONING THE ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION OR FOR THE SUGGESTED ..END :