B-208637.2:
Aug 1, 1988
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requested a decision regarding its authority to pay court-awarded attorneys' fees and costs under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) to a plaintiff who successfully challenged an administrative decision. GAO held that: (1) EAJA did not preclude NRC from paying the award, since the plaintiff was not an intervenor; (2) a restriction added to the fiscal yea...