31 U.S.C. § 3555 : US Code - Section 3555: Regulations; authority of Comptroller General to verify assertions

Search 31 U.S.C. § 3555 : US Code - Section 3555: Regulations; authority of Comptroller General to verify assertions

(a) The Comptroller General shall prescribe such procedures as
may be necessary to the expeditious decision of protests under this
subchapter, including procedures for accelerated resolution of
protests under the express option authorized by section 3554(a)(2)
of this title. Such procedures shall provide that the protest
process may not be delayed by the failure of a party to make a
filing within the time provided for the filing.
(b) The procedures shall provide that, in the computation of any
period described in this subchapter -
(1) the day of the act, event, or default from which the
designated period of time begins to run not be included; and
(2) the last day after such act, event, or default be included,
unless -
(A) such last day is a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal
holiday; or
(B) in the case of a filing of a paper at the Government
Accountability Office or a Federal agency, such last day is a
day on which weather or other conditions cause the closing of
the Government Accountability Office or Federal agency, in
which event the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or
legal holiday shall be included.
(c) The Comptroller General may prescribe procedures for the
electronic filing and dissemination of documents and information
required under this subchapter. In prescribing such procedures, the
Comptroller General shall consider the ability of all parties to
achieve electronic access to such documents and records.
(d) The Comptroller General may use any authority available under
chapter 7 of this title and this chapter to verify assertions made
by parties in protests under this subchapter.