The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Mediation is presently the most popular form of ADR in use by agencies in employment-related disputes. Mediation is the intervention in a dispute or negotiation of an acceptable impartial and neutral third party, who has no decision-making authority. The objective of this intervention is to assist the parties in reaching a mutually-acceptable resolution of the issues in dispute.
A mediator makes primarily procedural suggestions regarding how parties can reach agreement. Occasionally, a mediator may suggest some substantive options as a means of encouraging the parties to expand the range of possible resolutions under consideration. A mediator often works with the parties individually, in caucuses, to explore acceptable resolution options or to develop proposals that might move the parties closer to resolution.
While additional information concerning an agency ADR program can be found under Agency Profiles, here is a list of some agencies which have a mediation program, including either the agency's webpage and/or telephone number:
Agency for International Development
(202) 712-0228
http://www.usaid.gov
Army & Air Force Exchange Service
(214) 312-2607
http://www.aafes.com
Broadcasting Board of Governors
(202) 619- 5151
http://www.bbg.gov
Central Intelligence Agency
(703) 482-0782
http://www.cia.gov
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
(202) 418-5400
(202) 418-5017
http://www.cftc.gov
Consumer Product Safety Commission
(301) 504-7904
http://www.cpsc.gov
Corporation for National and Community Service
(202) 606-5000, ext. 312
(202) 606-5000 ext. 259
http://www.nationalservice.org/about/eo/index.html
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency
(202) 220-5467
http://www.csosa.gov
Defense Commissary Agency
(804) 734-8575
http://www.commissaries.com/
Defense Contract Audit Agency
(703) 767-1240
http://www.dcaa.mil
Defense Contract Management Agency
(703) 428-1822
http://www.dcma.mil/
Defense Education Activity
(703) 696-9056 Ext. 1458
http://www.odedodea.edu/eeo
Defense Finance and Accounting Service
(703) 607-5136
http://www.dfas.mil/
Defense Information Systems Agency
(703) 607-6458
http://www.disa.mil
Defense Inspector General
(703) 604-9705
http://www.dodig.osd.mil/
Defense Intelligence Agency
(202) 231-8178
http://www.dia.mil
Defense Logistics Agency
(703)767-6777
http://www.dscc.dla.mil/offices/legal/adr/adr.html
Defense National Guard Bureau
(703) 607-0764
(703) 607-0768
(703) 607-0781
http://www.ngb.army.mil
Defense National Imagery and Mapping Agency
(301) 227-2268
(301) 227-2693
http://www.nima.mil
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
(202) 694-7014
http://www.dnfsb.gov/employment/employ_epp.html
Defense Security Service
(410) 865-2477
http://www.dss.mil/employment/eeo.htm
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
(703) 767-5896
http://www.dtra.mil/index.html
Defense Tricare Management Activity
(703) 588-0169
http://www.tricare.osd.mil/
Department of the Air Force
(703) 693-7286
http://www.adr.af.mil
Department of the Army Headquarters
(703) 607-1448
http://www.hqda.army.mil/ogc/referenc/adr.htm
Department of Commerce
(202) 482-8122
http://www.osec.doc.gov/ocr/eeoprocess.html
Department of Defense
Office of the Secretary
(703) 588-0443
(703) 588-0169
http://www.defenselink.mil/prhome/das_eo.html
Department of Education
(202) 205-0518
(202) 619-9700
http://www.ed-oha.org/organizations.html
Department of Energy
(202) 586-6972
http://www.gc.doe.gov/adr/index.html
Department of Health and Human Services
(202) 619-1564
http://www.os.dhhs.gov/dab/adr
Department of Housing & Urban Development
(202) 708-2001
http://www.hud.gov/offices/bca/hudbca.cfm
Department of the Interior
Headquarters
(202) 208-1818
(202) 208-3854
http://www.doi.gov/diversity/2counsel.htm
Department of Justice
Headquarters
(202) 616-9471
http://www.usdoj.gov/odr
Department of Labor
(202) 693-6500
http://www.dol.gov/asp/programs/adr/main.htm
Department of the Navy
(202) 764-0746
http://ogc.navy.mil./ogcwww/adr.asp
http://adr.navy.mil
Department of State
(202) 647-8104
http://www.state.gov/s/ocr/
Department of Transportation
(202) 366-6159
http://www.dot.gov/adr
Department of the Treasury
Headquarters
(202) 622-1160
http://www.ustreas.gov
Department of Veterans Affairs
(650) 614-9843
(202) 501-2864
http://www.va.gov/adr/descript.htm
Environmental Protection Agency
(202) 564-7958
(202) 564-7972
http://www.epa.gov/adr/index.html
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
(202) 663-4805
http://www.eeoc.gov/
Export-Import Bank of the United States
(202) 565-3590
http://www.exim.gov/
Farm Credit Administration
(703) 883-4481
http://www.fca.gov/
Federal Communications Commission
(202) 418-1799 (202) 418-2581
http://www.fcc.gov/
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(202) 736 0120
http://www.fdic.gov/
Federal Election Commission
(202) 694-1228
http://www.fec.gov
Federal Emergency Management Agency
(202) 646-4122
(202) 646-3042
http://www.fema.gov/oer
Federal Housing Finance Board
(202) 408-2584
http://www.fhfb.gov/
Federal Labor Relations Authority
(202) 218-7919
http://www.flra.gov/
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
202-606-5445
http://www.fmcs.gov/internet/
Federal Reserve Board
(202) 452-2809
http://www.federalreserve.gov/
Federal Trade Commission
(202) 326-2196
(202) 326-2196
http://www.ftc.gov/
General Services Administration
Headquarters
(202) 501-0767
http://www.gsa.gov
Government Printing Office
(202) 512-2014
Holocaust Memorial Museum
(202) 314-7839
http://www.ushmm.org/
Merit Systems Protection Board
(202) 653-6180
http://www.mspb.gov/
National Aeronautics & Space Administration
(202) 358-2180
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codee/aboutec.html
National Archives & Records Administration
(301) 837-2089
http://www.archives.gov/about_us/equal_employment_opportunity/index.html
National Credit Union Administration
(703) 518-6300
National Endowment for the Arts
(202) 682-5454
http://www.arts.gov
National Endowment for the Humanities
(202) 606-8322
http://www.neh.gov/index.html
National Gallery of Art
(202) 842-6070
http://www.nga.gov/xio/phone.htm
National Labor Relations Board
(202) 273-3891
http://www.nlrb.gov/
National Science Foundation
(703) 292-8020
http://www.nsf.gov/
National Security Agency (Department of Defense)
(410) 854-6228
http://www.nsa.gov/
National Transportation Safety Board
(202) 314-6190
http://www.ntsb.gov/
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(301) 415-7382
http://www.nrc.gov
Office of Personnel Management
(202) 606-2460
(202) 606-2489
http://www.opm.gov/
Office of Special Counsel
(202) 653-0003, ext. 4716
http://www.osc.gov/
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
(202) 336-8490
www.opic.gov
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
(202) 326-4010 ext. 3043
http://www.pbgc.gov/
Railroad Retirement Board
(312) 751-4943
(312) 751-4942
http://www.rrb.gov/
Securities and Exchange Commission
(202) 942-0048
http://www.sec.gov/
Selective Service System
(703) 605-4017
http://www.sss.gov/
Small Business Administration
(202) 205-7158
http://www.sba.gov/
(202) 205-6750
Smithsonian Institution
(202) 275-0158
http://www.si.edu/
Social Security Administration
(410) 966-1229
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/
Tennessee Valley Authority
(865) 632-3285
http://www.tva.gov/
U.S. Armed Forces Retirement Home
(202) 730-3231
http://www.afrh.com/
U.S. Postal Service
(202) 268-7400
http://www.usps.com/redress/
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