3. Within fifteen (15) calendar days from the effective date of the
Agreement, Complainant’s Counsel will provide a fee petition in accordance
with 29 C. F. R. § 1614.501 (e) to Department’s Counsel listed below
which contains a list of services rendered for Complainant’s formal
complaints itemized by date, number of hours, summary of the task,
rate, and attorney’s name in the form of contemporaneous time records;
and documentation of costs and expenses. The Department, with the
assistance of the Department’s Counsel, will make a determination as to
the payment of reasonable attorney’s fees, costs, and expenses not to
exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), within thirty (30) calendar
days of receipt of the attorney’s fees, costs, and expense petition
in accordance with the Laffey Matrix, the Equal Access to Justice Act,
and 29 C. F . R. § 1614.501(c).
