[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR16.8]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 16_FOREIGN SERVICE GRIEVANCE SYSTEM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 16.8  Agency review.

    (a) Submission. (1) An employee may submit the grievance for agency 
review if the grievance (i) is not within the jurisdiction of a post or 
bureau, or (ii) the grievance has been considered but

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not resolved to the grievant's satisfaction within the post or bureau as 
provided in Sec. 16.7(c) within 10 days after receipt of the post's or 
bureau's decision (or, if no response is received, within 25 days after 
presenting it to the senior official or the designee). The grievant 
shall submit it in writing to the responsible official of the agency 
which has control of the act or condition which is the subject of the 
grievance.
    (2) Responsible officials. The responsible officials of the agencies 
are the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Personnel (State), the Director 
of Personnel and Manpower (AID), and the Chief, Employee-Management 
Relations Division (USIA).
    (3) Contents. (i) A request for agency review shall include a 
description of the act or condition which is the subject of the 
grievance; its effect on the grievant; any provision of law, regulation 
or agency policy which the grievant may believe was violated or 
misapplied; copies of any correspondence under Sec. 16.7(a), any 
documentary evidence readily available to the grievant on which the 
grievance rests; the identity of individuals having knowledge of 
relevant facts; and a statement of the remedial action requested.
    (ii) The responsible official shall review the grievance on the 
basis of available documentary evidence, and, in that official's 
discretion, interview persons having knowledge of the facts. The agency 
review shall be completed and its decision dispatched within 90 days 
from the date of the initial written presentation of the grievance. The 
grievant shall be informed in writing of the findings of the responsible 
official and any proposed resolution of the grievance. The communication 
shall also include the time within which the grievant may file a 
grievance with the Grievance Board and the appropriate procedure to be 
followed in this respect.