DISMISSED:  February 5, 2007
                                 
                                 
                         CBCA 132       


              LABORATORY AUTOMATION SOLUTIONS, INC.,

                                        Appellant,

                                v.

                    DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,

                                        Respondent.

     Kelly A. Klepinger, President and Chief Executive Officer of Laboratory Automation
Solutions, Inc., Beavercreek, OH, appearing for Appellant.

     Heather M. Self, Office of the General Counsel, Department of Agriculture,
Washington, DC, counsel for Respondent.

POLLACK, Board Judge.

                              ORDER

     On December 14,  2006, counsel for respondent advised the Board that the parties had
reached a settlement of this matter and provided the Board with a formal motion to dismiss. 
Pursuant to the agreement of the parties, this appeal is DISMISSED.  


                              __________________________
HOWARD A. POLLACK
Board Judge