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Remedies When The Government Ceases Paying a Contractor, Grantee, or Cooperatee

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The sovereign acts doctrine attempts to balance[ ] the Governments need for freedom to legislate with its obligation to honor its contracts by asking whether the sovereign act is properly attributable to the Government as contractor. [62] Generally speaking, the Government seeking to balance the budget is laudable. 2d 151, 164 (D.

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An In-Depth Examination of Inflation Relief for a Government Contractor

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For contracts being developed or negotiated during this period of unusually high inflation, an EPA clause may be an appropriate tool to equitably balance the risk of inflation between the Government and contractor. 14, 2004) (“Performance of a pre-existing duty is not sufficient consideration for a supplemental agreement.”). [56]