705 (1972) (Plaintiff did construction work for local housing authority, which received some money from the United States. The Court of Claims entered summary judgment for the United States even though there was a dispute as to the amount of involvement of U.S. representatives at the construction site.).
Dynes did not have authority to bind the SCS contractually nor to run the project. The Cooperative Agreements Manual (Exhibit D attached to Government's Reply to Casey Corporation's Brief in Opposition to the Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, filed October 22, 1982) describes the duties of SCS agents working on watershed projects. The Manual lists specific duties which are either related to the internal delegation of duties within the SCS or concerned with inspecting the project or advising the localauthority to ensure compliance with the project specification and government regulations. The SCS also put forth an affidavit by Jerome N. Daugherty, a supervisory contract specialist for the SCS (Exhibit C attached to Government's Reply to Casey Corporation's Brief in Opposition to the Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, filed October 22, 1982). In his affidavit, Daugherty says of the SCS's representative's job, "It was the job of such representative to see that the contracted work *478 was performed correctly so as to protect and maintain the integrity of the government's investment. Such representative did not have the authority to run the entire project." Daugherty's Affidavit, ¶ 6.
The SCS, the party moving for summary judgment, has the burden of establishing the lack of a genuine issue of material