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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Government does not usually issue a stop work order unless contractor has performed issues.[/quote]

Actually, there are two types:  one is for cause...if that happens, someone f****d up.  The other is (I do not remember the legal term) is no-fault.  That is the result of the money just not being there usually.  For example, if the FY15 allocation comes in, and the customer's budget comes in lower than expected, either someone will get a stop work order, or at minimum, cuts will have to be absorbed (the contractors are the once that usually absorb the cuts).

Now, I have seen a customer (DARPA, in this case) put a stop work order in to shake up the contractor -- that was meant to be a temporary order, but others swept in and took the money (green Government PM did not know how things worked).

So,[b] stop work orders are usually fatal[/b], and followed by layoff notices.[/quote]

I wouldn't go that far... Clearly it's not a good sign but it really depends on "why" more so than anything. OP - Other parts of the same project (or other projects funded from the same funding source) still ongoing? It's hard to figure from OP's post exactly why work was stopped. [/quote]

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