Parties' responsibilities; failure to raise, support, or respond to arguments; failure to participate in conferences or respond to Authority orders.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 5

(a) (b) (c) (d) (1) Failure to raise and support an argument may, in the Authority's discretion, be deemed a waiver of such argument. Absent good cause: (i) Arguments that could have been but were not raised by an exclusive (ii) Arguments that could have been but were not raised by an agency in the statement of position, or made in its reply to the exclusive representative's response, may not be raised in this or any other proceeding. (2) Failure to respond to an argument or assertion raised by the other party may, in the Authority's discretion, be treated as conceding such argument or assertion. (e)

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 5:§ 2424.32