Reading Room Document
Application of the Miscellaneous Receipts Act to the Settlement of False Claims Act Suits Concerning Contracts With the General Services Administration
The Miscellaneous Receipts Act allows the General Services Administration to retain as a "refund to appropriations" the entire amount representing actual damages paid by the Sprint Corporation and Worldcom, Inc. in settlement for overcharging the federal government for telecommunications services under contracts with GSA. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/opinion/file/786171/download.
The OLC's Opinions
Opinions published by the OLC, including those released in response to our FOIA lawsuit