DISMISSED FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION:  March 20, 2007


                             CBCA 637


                  AMERICAN BUSINESS CORPORATION,

                                             Appellant,

                               v.
                                
                      DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,
                                
                                             Respondent.


     Jackie Black, President of American Business Corporation, Atlanta, GA, appearing
for Appellant.

     Audrey Roh and Dennis Adelson, Division of Management and Administrative Legal
Services, Office of the Solicitor, Department of Labor, Washington, DC, counsel for
Respondent.

Before Board Judges GOODMAN, DRUMMOND, and SOMERS.

GOODMAN, Board Judge.

     This appeal was filed on January 9, 2007, by appellant from a Department of Labor
contracting officer's final decision dated October 13, 2006, assessing damages against
appellant arising from performance of a contract to provide placement and career transition
services to Job Corps students residing in the state of Georgia.

     By letter dated March 13, 2007, respondent's contracting officer withdrew the final
decision, and respondent's counsel advised the Board thereof by letter dated March 15, 2007.
     The Contract Disputes Act of 1978 provides that all claims relating to government
contracts shall be the subject of decisions by contracting officers.  41 U.S.C.  605(a) (2000). 
Without a contracting officer's final decision, there can be no appeal over which we have
jurisdiction.  See, e.g., Monster Government Solutions, Inc. v. Department of Homeland
Security, DOT BCA 4532, 06-1 BCA  33,236, aff'd on reconsideration, 06-2 BCA
 33,312; Far Western Graphics, Inc., VABCA 7214, 05-1 BCA  32,829 (2004); Zbigniew
Ostaszewski v. Department of State, GSBCA 16319-ST, 04-2 BCA  32,640.

     Accordingly, as there is no appealable contracting officer's final decision, this appeal
is DISMISSED FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION.




                                   ___________________________________
                                   ALLAN H. GOODMAN
                                   Board Judge

We concur:




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JEROME M. DRUMMOND            JERI K. SOMERS
Board Judge                             Board Judge