29 CFR § 1471.745 - How is fact-finding conducted?

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title: "29 CFR § 1471.745 - How is fact-finding conducted?"
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title_name: "Labor"
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section_name: "How is fact-finding conducted?"
chapter_name: "FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE"
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part_name: "GOVERNMENTWIDE DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION (NONPROCUREMENT)"
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authority: "E.O. 12549 ,3 CFR 1986 Comp., p. 189; E.O. 12698, 3 CFR 1989 Comp., p. 235; sec. 2455, Pub. L. 103-355, 108 Stat. 3327 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note); 29 U.S.C. 175a."
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# 1471.745 How is fact-finding conducted?

(a) If fact-finding is conducted—

(1) You may present witnesses and other evidence, and confront any witness presented; and

(2) The fact-finder must prepare written findings of fact for the record.

(b) A transcribed record of fact-finding proceedings must be made, unless you as a respondent and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service agree to waive it in advance. If you want a copy of the transcribed record, you may purchase it.