A company submitted a claim for the payment of 15 invoices for air transportation and warehousing services provided to the Department of the Air Force. Statutory law provides that claims against the United States are not payable unless they are received within 6 years after the claim first accrued. Although the claim was filed more than 6 years after the invoices' dates, the company argued that it...

CLAIM BASED ON 12 INVOICES FOR AIR TRANSPORTATION AND WAREHOUSING SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER AIR FORCE CONTRACT MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED SINCE SERVICES UNDER INVOICES WERE PERFORMED MORE THAN 6 YEARS BEFORE CLAIM WAS RECEIVED BY GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE. CLAIM BASED ON THREE INVOICES FOR SIMILAR SERVICES IS DENIED SINCE: (1) FIRST INVOICE EVIDENCES CLAIM AGAINST PRIVATE PARTY. (3) THIRD INVOICE EVIDENC...