Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 16/11/1994

Personnel Appeals Board; Procedural Regulations

The jurisdiction of the General Accounting Office Personnel Appeals Board has recently been expanded by the Architect of the Capitol Human Resources Act, which became effective on July 22, 1994. Under this new legislation, employees of the Architect of the Capitol may file appeals with the Board alleging discrimination in employment based on race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, or disability. They may also file appeals alleging retaliation for exercising rights under the new law. The Board is issuing procedural regulations to implement this new authority. The regulations below also include a few conforming amendments to the procedures governing claims filed by employees of the General Accounting Office, and a change to the procedures for obtaining judicial review of Board decisions necessitated by a recent decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Because of the need to have procedures in place to implement the Board's new jurisdiction, these regulations are being made effective immediately, on an interim basis. The Board is, however, very interested in receiving comments from the public before it finalizes these regulations.