41 CFR § 60-30.34 - Conduct of hearing.

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title: "41 CFR § 60-30.34 - Conduct of hearing."
title_number: 41
title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
section_number: "60-30.34"
section_name: "Conduct of hearing."
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"
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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."
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# 60-30.34 Conduct of hearing.

(a) At the hearing, the Government shall be given an opportunity to demonstrate the basis for the request for sanctions and/or remedies, and the contractor shall be given an opportunity to show that the violation complained of did not occur and/or that good cause or good faith efforts excuse the alleged violations. Both parties shall be allowed to present evidence and argument and to cross-examine witnesses.

(b) The hearing shall be informal in nature, and the Administrative Law Judge shall not be bound by formal rules of evidence.