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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS ___________________________________ ) AMERICAN RENOVATION AND ) CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, ) ) Case No. 03-1798C Plaintiff, ) (Chief Judge Damich) ) v. ) ) THE UNITED STATES, ) ) Defendant. ) ___________________________________) JOINT STATUS REPORT COMES NOW the Plaintiff, American Renovation & Construction Company ("ARC" or "Plaintiff") and the Defendant, the United States, by counsel, and pursuant to the Court's Order dated March 16, 2005, submit this Joint Status Report, stating as follows: 1. 2. 3. Plaintiff, ARC, filed the Complaint in this case on July 28, 2003. Defendant, the United States, filed its Answer on November 25, 2003. The parties hereby report that they have reached a tentative settlement of

all their disputes, subject to the following conditions: a. b. Approval by the authorized representative of the Attorney General; Technical clarifications regarding the scope of certain work that

Plaintiff has agreed to perform as part of the settlement. 4. The undersigned counsel are in the process of drafting the terms of the

settlement agreement, including the scope of work that Plaintiff has agreed to perform, for approval by the authorized representative of the Attorney General.

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On November 19, 2004, Classical Financial Services, LLC filed a motion

to intervene in this lawsuit and the motion was fully briefed as of January 7, 2005. At this time, the Court's ruling on the motion is pending. Respectfully submitted, s/Harish C. Mirchandani HARISH C. MIRCHANDANI Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, L.L.P 8405 Greensboro Drive, Suite 100 McLean, VA 22102 Tel. (703) 749-1000 Fax. (703) 893-8039 Attorney for Plaintiff DATED: March 28, 2005 Of Counsel: ROBERT G. WATT Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, L.L.P 8405 Greensboro Drive, Suite 100 McLean, VA 22102 Tel. (703) 749-1000 Fax. (703) 893-8039 PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General DAVID M. COHEN Director s/Robert E. Kirschman, Jr. ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR. Assistant Director s/ Michael N. O'Connell MICHAEL N. O'CONNELL Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division Department of Justice 1100 L Street, N.W. Attn: Classification Unit 8th Floor Washington, DC 20530 Tel. (202) 305-3634 Fax. (202) 514-8624 Attorneys for Defendant DATED: March 28, 2005

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CERTIFICATE OF FILING I hereby certify that on March 28, 2005, a copy of the foregoing Joint Status Report was filed electronically. I understand that a copy of the Joint Status Report will be sent to all parties by operation of the Court's electronic filing system. Parties may access this filing through the Court's system. s/ Michael N. O'Connell

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