[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: 4CFR28.57]

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                            TITLE 4--ACCOUNTS
 
               CHAPTER I--GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
 
PART 28_GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE PERSONNEL APPEALS BOARD; PROCEDURES 
 
                          Subpart B_Procedures
 
Sec.  28.57  Public hearings.

    (a) Hearings shall be open to the public. However, the 
administrative judge at his or her discretion, may order a hearing or 
any part thereof closed, where to do so would be in the best interests 
of the petitioner, a witness, the public, or other affected persons. Any 
order closing the hearing shall set forth the reasons for the 
administrative judge's decision. Any objections

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thereto shall be made a part of the record.
    (b) At the hearing, the petitioner, the petitioner's representative, 
GAO's legal representative, and a GAO management representative, who is 
not expected to testify, each have a right to be present. The Agency 
management representative shall be designated prior to the hearing.

[58 FR 61992, Nov. 23, 1993, as amended at 68 FR 69301, Dec. 12, 2003]