[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 22, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 15203]
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[FR Doc No: 00-7128]



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GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PERSONNEL APPEALS BOARD

4 CFR Parts 27 and 28


Procedural Rules

AGENCY: General Accounting Office Personnel Appeals Board.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The General Accounting Office Personnel Appeals Board (PAB) 
has authority with respect to employment practices within the General 
Accounting Office (GAO or agency), pursuant to the General Accounting 
Office Personnel Act of 1980 (GAOPA). The PAB hereby finalizes its 
regulations to explain that a quorum of three members of the Board may 
exercise all the powers of the Board, and that a majority of a quorum 
may act in any matter requiring consideration by the full Board.

DATES: These regulations are effective March 22, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth Don, Executive Director, 202-512-
6137.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The General Accounting Office Personnel 
Appeals Board on Tuesday, March 30, 1999, published an interim rule 
with request for comments by June 1, 1999, amending the PAB 
regulations. The interim rule conformed the regulations to Board policy 
recognizing that a quorum of three members of the Board may exercise 
all the powers of the Board, and that a majority of a quorum may act in 
any matter requiring consideration by the full Board. No comments on 
the interim rule were received by the Board.

List of Subjects in 4 CFR Parts 27 and 28

    Administrative practice and procedures, Equal employment 
opportunity, Government employees, Labor-management relations.
    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the General Accounting 
Office Personnel Appeals Board amends 4 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter B as 
follows:

PARTS 27 AND 28--GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PERSONNEL APPEALS BOARD; 
PROCEDURES APPLICABLE TO CLAIMS CONCERNING EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES AT 
THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

    The interim rule amending 4 CFR parts 27 and 28 which was published 
at 64 FR 15125 on March 30, 1999, is adopted as a final rule without 
change.

Michael Wolf,
Chair, Personnel Appeals Board, U.S. General Accounting Office.
[FR Doc. 00-7128 Filed 3-21-00; 8:45 am]
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