[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 86 (Thursday, May 2, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 35928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09561]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Disciplinary Appeals Board Panel

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs

ACTION: Notification of Disciplinary Appeals Board Panel.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Health-Care Personnel 
Act of 1991 revised the disciplinary grievance and appeal procedures 
for employees appointed under Federal law. It also required the 
periodic designation of VA employees who are qualified to serve on the 
Disciplinary Appeals Board. These employees constitute the Disciplinary 
Appeals Board Panel from which board members in a case are appointed. 
This notice announces that the roster of employees on the panel is 
available for review and comment. Employees, employee organizations, 
and other interested parties shall be provided, upon request and 
without charge, the list of the employees on the panel, and they may 
submit comments concerning the suitability of any employee on the panel 
list.

DATES: The names that appear on the panel roster may be selected to 
serve on a Disciplinary Appeals Board or as a grievance examiner after 
June 3, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Nicole Flood, Lead Employee 
Relations Specialist, Employee Relations and Performance Management 
Service, Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer, Department of 
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Mailstop 051, Washington, DC 
20420 or [email protected]. Ms. Flood may be reached at 708-980-3553. 
This is not a toll-free number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 203 of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs (VA) Health-Care Personnel Act of 1991 revised the disciplinary 
grievance and appeal procedures for employees appointed under Federal 
law. It also required the periodic designation of VA employees who are 
qualified to serve on the Disciplinary Appeals Board. Public Law 102-40 
and 38 U.S.C. 7464(d) require that the availability of the roster be 
posted in the Federal Register periodically, but not less than 
annually. Requests for the panel roster and/or concerns regarding 
suitability for service on the panel may be emailed to 
[email protected].

Signing Authority

    Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, approved and signed 
this document on April 25, 2024, and authorized the undersigned to sign 
and submit the document to the Office of the Federal Register for 
publication electronically as an official document of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs.

Jeffrey M. Martin,
Assistant Director, Office of Regulation Policy & Management, Office of 
General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2024-09561 Filed 5-1-24; 8:45 am]
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