41 CFR § 60-30.20 - Ex parte communications.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t41/s60-30.20"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "41 CFR § 60-30.20 - Ex parte communications."
title_number: 41
title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
section_number: "60-30.20"
section_name: "Ex parte communications."
chapter_number: 60
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS, EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
part_number: "60-30"
part_name: "30—RULES OF PRACTICE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS TO ENFORCE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 11246"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Executive Order 11246, as amended, 30 FR 12319, 32 FR 14303, as amended by E.O. 12086; 29 U.S.C. 793, as amended, and 38 U.S.C. 4212, as amended."
regulatory_source: "43 FR 49259, Oct. 20, 1978, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "60-30"
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# 60-30.20 Ex parte communications.

The Administrative Law Judge shall not consult any person, or party, on any fact in issue unless upon notice and opportunity for all parties to participate. No employee or agent of the Federal Government engaged in the investigation and prosecution of this case shall participate or advise in the rendering of the recommended or final decision in the case, except as witness or counsel in the proceeding.