[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 4, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 4CFR28.114]

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                            TITLE 4--ACCOUNTS
 
               CHAPTER I--GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
 
PART 28_GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE PERSONNEL APPEALS BOARD; PROCEDURES 
 
        Subpart E_Special Procedures; Representation Proceedings
 
Sec.  28.114  Pre-investigation proceedings.

    (a) Upon the filing of a valid petition, the General Counsel may 
request GAO to notify employees as to the existence of the petition by 
posting a notice for at least 10 days in locations appropriately 
selected to reach all employees in the unit covered by the petition. The 
notice shall include a request that the Board's General Counsel be 
notified of the existence of any other interested parties.
    (b) GAO shall supply the General Counsel with any information in its 
possession concerning other potentially interested labor organizations, 
copies of relevant correspondence, and copies of existing or recently 
expired agreements covering any employees in the unit. The GAO shall 
also provide a list of employees it believes should be included in the 
unit together with their classifications and the names and 
classifications of those employees it proposes to exclude from the unit.
    (c) All interested parties shall meet as soon as possible after the 
expiration of the 10-day posting period and shall attempt to resolve any 
issues in controversy.
    (d) A labor organization may become an intervenor in any 
representation proceeding by submitting to the General Counsel, within 
the 10-day period, evidence that it represents at least 10 percent of 
the employees in the proposed unit or that it is the exclusive 
representative of the employees involved. Denial of a request to 
intervene may be appealed to the Board. Such an appeal must be filed 
within 10 days of service of the General Counsel's determination.