Where can I find copies of administrative decisions?
Many administrative law judge, Secretary of Labor, and Administrative Review Board decisions
are available on this Web Site in either the Archive or the Law Library. The archive is
essentially a set of electronic slip opinions. The Law Library contains
"reported" decisions. Most electronically available decisions are recent in vintage.
i.e., issued since the fall of 1997. However, some collections are more extensive. The
nuclear and environmental whistleblower decisions, for example are comprehensive in coverage.
Other electronic sources of administrative decisions include private publishers such as Westlaw
and LEXIS, and CD-ROM manufacturers.
Private publishers also print a Black Lung Reporter, and a Longshore Reporter. Selected
administrative decisions are found in a number of reporter services.
You may visit the OALJ National Office to read decisions. Office hours are 8:00 am
to 4:30 pm M-F, except for Federal Holidays.
