[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: 4CFR28.3]

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                            TITLE 4--ACCOUNTS
 
               CHAPTER I--GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
 
PART 28_GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE PERSONNEL APPEALS BOARD; PROCEDURES 
 
        Subpart A_Purpose, General Definitions, and Jurisdiction
 
Sec.  28.3  General definitions.

    In this part--
    Administrative judge means any individual designated by the Board to 
preside over a hearing conducted on matters within its jurisdiction. An 
administrative judge may be a member of the Board, an employee of the 
Board, or any individual qualified by experience or training to conduct 
a hearing who is appointed to do so by the Board. When a panel of 
members or the full Board is hearing a case, the Chair shall designate 
one of the members to exercise the responsibilities of the 
administrative judge in the proceedings.
    Appeal means a request filed with the full Board for review of an 
initial decision.
    Board means the Government Accountability Office Personnel Appeals 
Board as established by 31 U.S.C. 751 and explained in 4 CFR 27.1.
    Charge means any request filed with the PAB Office of General 
Counsel to investigate any matter within the jurisdiction of the Board, 
under the provisions of Subchapter IV of chapter 7 of Title 31, United 
States Code.
    Charging Party means any person filing a charge with the PAB Office 
of General Counsel for investigation.

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    Clerk of the Board means the Clerk of the Personnel Appeals Board.
    Comptroller General means the Comptroller General of the United 
States.
    Days means calendar days.
    Director of EEO Oversight means the Personnel Appeals Board Director 
of EEO Oversight.
    Executive Director means the Executive Director of the Personnel 
Appeals Board.
    GAO means the Government Accountability Office.
    General Counsel means the General Counsel of the Board, as provided 
for under 31 U.S.C. 752.
    Initial Decision means the adjudicatory statement of a case that is 
issued by an administrative judge who is a member of or appointed by the 
Board.
    Notice of Appeal means a pleading requesting that the full Board 
review an initial decision.
    Person means an employee, an applicant for employment, a former 
employee, a labor organization or the GAO.
    Petition means any request filed with the Board for action to be 
taken on matters within the jurisdiction of the Board, under the 
provisions of Subchapter IV of Chapter 7 of title 31, United States 
Code.
    Petitioner means any person filing a petition for Board 
consideration.
    Pleading means a document that initiates a cause of action before 
the Board, responds to a cause of action, amends a cause of action, 
responds to an amended cause of action, requests reconsideration of a 
decision, responds to such a request, requests appellate review by the 
full Board or responds to such a request.
    Request for Reconsideration means a request, filed with the 
administrative judge who rendered the initial decision, to reconsider 
that decision in whole or part.
    Solicitor means the attorney appointed by the Board to provide 
advice and assistance to the Board in carrying out its adjudicatory 
functions and to otherwise provide assistance as directed by the Board.
    Workforce Restructuring Action (WRA) means the release of an 
employee from a job group by separation, demotion, reassignment 
requiring displacement, or furlough for more than 30 days when the cause 
of action is lack of work, shortage of funds, insufficient personnel 
ceiling, reorganization or realignment, an individual's exercise of 
reemployment or reinstatement rights, correction of skills imbalances, 
or reduction of high-grade supervisory, or managerial positions.

[68 FR 69298, Dec. 12, 2003]