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56 FLRA No. 90
American Federation of Government Employees Local 3134 and U.S. Small Business Administration Region 2, New York, New York (Collins, Arbitrator), 0- AR3328 (Decided August 22, 2000)
The exceptions were dismissed after the Authority concluded that the award was not deficient. Under section 7122(a) of the Statute, an award is deficient if it is contrary to any law, rule, or regulation; or it is deficient on other grounds similar to those applied by Federal courts in private sector labor-management relations. Here, the Authority rejected the allegations that the arbitrator exceeded his authority, and that the award failed to draw its essence from the parties' agreement.