Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 9/16/1997

Practices and Procedures

The Merit Systems Protection Board is amending its rules of practice and procedure for original jurisdiction cases to permit assignment of certain of these cases to a judge other than the Administrative Law Judge, to provide for delegation of authority to the Administrative Law Judge to decide Special Counsel stay requests, and to provide for judges to issue initial decisions, rather than recommended decisions, in Special Counsel complaints (including alleged violations of the Hatch Act) and proposed actions against administrative law judges. Certain other changes are made to reorganize and update the rules governing adjudication of original jurisdiction cases for the benefit of the Board's customers. These changes are the result of a recommendation made by the Board's Reinventing Government II (REGO II) Task Force and a review by the Board of its delegations of authority to decide original jurisdiction cases. They are intended to streamline the Board's adjudicatory procedures so that it can manage its original jurisdiction caseload more efficiently and effectively.