[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 4913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-01359]


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Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 18 / Tuesday, January 28, 2020 / 
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FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

5 CFR Part 2424


Negotiability Proceedings, Reopening of Comment Period

AGENCY: Federal Labor Relations Authority.

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) is reopening the 
comment period for its proposed rule concerning Negotiability 
Proceedings for an additional 14 days. The original comment period 
ended on January 22, 2020.

DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published December 23, 
2019, at 84 FR 70439, is reopened. Written comments must be received on 
or before February 11, 2020.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, which must include the caption 
``Negotiability Proceedings,'' by one of the following methods:
     Email: [email protected]. Include ``Negotiability 
Proceedings'' in the subject line of the message.
     Mail or Hand Delivery: Emily Sloop, Chief, Case Intake and 
Publication, Federal Labor Relations Authority, Docket Room, Suite 200, 
1400 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20424-0001.
    Instructions: If you previously submitted comments during the 
original comment period, you do not need to submit those same comments 
again. Further, please do not email comments if you mail or hand 
deliver the same comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Osborne, Deputy Solicitor, at 
[email protected] or at: (202) 218-7986.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 23, 2019, the FLRA requested 
comments on a proposed rule, published at 84 FR 70439, to revise the 
regulations governing negotiability appeals in order to better expedite 
proceedings. The original comment period for the proposed rule ended on 
January 22, 2020. Relatedly, in Case No. 0-PS-35, the FLRA issued a 
decision that referred to forthcoming revisions to the regulations 
governing negotiability appeals. To provide interested parties a 
further opportunity to comment about all of the issues addressed in the 
proposed rule, including the issues raised in Case No. 0-PS-35, the 
FLRA is reopening the comment period for an additional 14 days. Parties 
should refer to the proposed rule, at 84 FR 70439, for further details 
about the issues under consideration.

    Approved: January 22, 2020.
Colleen Duffy Kiko,
Chairman, Federal Labor Relations Authority.
[FR Doc. 2020-01359 Filed 1-27-20; 8:45 am]
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