5 CFR § 2471.7 - Preliminary factfinding procedures.

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title: "5 CFR § 2471.7 - Preliminary factfinding procedures."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "2471.7"
section_name: "Preliminary factfinding procedures."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY, GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY AND FEDERAL SERVICE IMPASSES PANEL"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL SERVICE IMPASSES PANEL"
part_number: "2471"
part_name: "PROCEDURES OF THE PANEL"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 7119, 7134."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 3520, Jan. 17, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
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# 2471.7 Preliminary factfinding procedures.

When the Panel determines that a factfinding hearing is necessary under § 2471.6, and it appoints one or more of its designees to conduct such hearing, it will issue and serve upon each of the parties a notice of hearing and a notice of prehearing conference, if any. The notice will state:

(a) The names of the parties to the dispute;

(b) The date, time, place, type, and purpose of the hearing;

(c) The date, time, place, and purpose of the prehearing conference, if any;

(d) The name of the designated representatives appointed by the Panel;

(e) The issues to be resolved; and

(f) The method, if any, by which the hearing shall be recorded.

[45 FR 3520, Jan. 17, 1980, as amended at 48 FR 19694, May 2, 1983; 61 FR 41295, Aug. 8, 1996]