Board of Contract Appeals
                    General Services Administration
                         Washington, D.C. 20405
 
 
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                       GRANTED:  January 20, 1999
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                              GSBCA 14660
 
 
                             VITO ACCONCI,
 
                                           Appellant,
 
                                   v.
 
                    GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION,
 
                                           Respondent.
 
        Barbara  Hoffman of Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP,
   New York, NY, counsel for Appellant.
 
        Martin A. Hom,  Office of General Counsel,  General Services
   Administration, Washington, DC, counsel for Respondent.
 
   Before Board Judges BORWICK and HYATT.
 
   BORWICK, Board Judge.
 
        This appeal involved  disputes concerning  the propriety  of
   the  Government's    termination for  convenience  of appellant's
   contract  for   artist   design  services   and  production   and
   installation of  an art  work, and  the amount  to be  paid as  a
   settlement  resulting  from  the  termination  for   convenience.
   Appellant elected the  accelerated procedure under Rule  203. The
   appeal  had been  scheduled for  hearing  commencing December  7,
   1998, but  the parties advised  the Board that they  had resolved
   their dispute.   On  December 18, 1998,  the parties  submitted a
   joint motion for stipulated judgment, which provides:
 
        The  parties have reached  a settlement in  this appeal
        and have agreed to  stipulate to the entry  of judgment
        as follows:
 
        GSA  will pay  Vito Acconci  the sum  of  $40,000, with
        interest  payable   thereon  in  accordance   with  the
        Contract Disputes  Act  of 1978,  41 U.S.C.    601  et.
        seq., from October 13, 1997.  
 
        By  amended  stipulation  of January  6,  1999,  the parties
   agreed that they will not seek reconsideration or relief from the
   Board's decision and that neither party will appeal the decision.
    In accordance with  the request of the parties  and Rule 136(e),
   the Board adopts the stipulation by decision.  
 
                                Decision
 
        The appeal  is GRANTED.  The Board awards appellant $40,000,
   with  interest payable in  accordance with the  Contract Disputes
   Act of 1978, from October 13, 1997.
 
 
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                                 ANTHONY S. BORWICK
                                 Board Judge
 
 
 
   I concur:
 
 
 
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   CATHERINE B. HYATT
   Board Judge