(a) Maintenance of docket. A docket of all proceedings shall be
maintained by the Board. Each proceeding shall be assigned a number in
chronological order upon the date on which an application for review is
received. Each proceeding shall be generally considered in the order in
which it is docketed, although for good cause shown the Board may
advance the order in which a particular case is to be considered.
Correspondence or further applications in connection with any pending
case shall refer to the docket number of that case.
(b) Inspection of docket and records. The docket of the Board shall
be open to public inspection. The Board shall publish its decisions in
such form as to be readily available for inspection, and shall allow the
public inspection thereof at the permanent location of the Board.
Inspection of the papers and documents included in the case record of
any proceeding before the Board shall be permitted or denied in
accordance with the standards provided in Sec. 1.22 of this title. The
Chairman of the Board shall exercise the functions prescribed in 29 CFR
70.74a.
[27 FR 12186, Dec. 8, 1962, as amended at 37 FR 26710, Dec. 15, 1972]