[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 202 (Thursday, October 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54090-54091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25895]
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NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
Advisory Committee on Agency Procedure; Meeting
AGENCY: National Labor Relations Board.
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. app. 2 (1972), and 29 CFR 102.136
(1993), the National Labor Relations Board has established a National
Labor Relations Board Advisory Committee on Agency Procedure, the
purpose of which is to provide input and advice to the Board and
General Counsel on changes in Agency procedures that will expedite case
processing and improve Agency service to the public. A notice of the
establishment of the Advisory Committee was published in the Federal
Register on May 13, 1994 (59 FR 25128).
As indicated in that notice, the Committee consists of two Panels
which will meet separately, one composed of Union-side representatives
and the other of Management-side representatives. Pursuant to Section
10(a) of FACA, the Agency hereby announces that the next meetings of
the Advisory Committee Panels will be held on November 6 (Management-
side) and November 8, 1995 (Union-side).
TIME AND PLACE: The meeting of the Management-side Panel of the
Advisory Committee will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, November 6,
1995, at the National Labor Relations Board, 1099 14th Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C., in the Board Hearing Room, Rm 11000. The meeting of
the Union-side Panel of the Advisory Committee will he held at 10:00
a.m. on Wednesday, November 8, 1995, at the same location.
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AGENDA: The agenda at the meetings of both Advisory Committee Panels
will be:
(1) The experience to date with the Board's one-year experimental
rule (59 FR 65942) authorizing the use of settlement judges and
providing administrative law judges with the discretion to dispense
with briefs and issue bench decisions, and whether, in light of that
experience, the rule should be extended or made permanent following its
January 31, 1996 expiration date.
(2) Whether the Board should eliminate or limit the practice of
permitting interlocutory requests for special permission to appeal in
unfair labor practice and representation cases.
(3) How the Agency's procedures should otherwise be further
streamlined or modified in response to potential budgetary
restrictions.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: The meetings will be open to the public. As
indicated in the Agency's prior notice, within 30 days of adjournment
of the later of the Advisory Committee Panel meetings, any member of
the public may present written comments to the Committee on matters
considered during the meetings. Written comments should be submitted to
the Committee's Management Officer and Designated Federal Official,
Miguel A. Gonzalez, Executive Assistant to the Chairman, National Labor
Relations Board, 1099 14th Street, N.W., Suite 11104, Washington, D.C.
20570-0001; telephone: (202) 273-2864.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Advisory Committee Management Officer
and Designated Federal Official, Miguel A. Gonzalez, Executive
Assistant to the Chairman, National Labor Relations Board, 1099 14th
Street, N.W., Suite 11104, Washington, D.C., 20570-0001; telephone:
(202) 273-2864.
Dated, October 16, 1995.
By direction of the Board:
John J. Toner,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-25895 Filed 10-18-95; 8:45 am]
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