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57 FLRA No. 141
American Federation of Government Employees, Local 2516 and U. S. Dept. of the Army, William Beaumont Army Medical Center (Cipolla, Arbitrator), 0-AR-3489 (Decided February 8, 2002)
Under § 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. After reviewing the record, the Authority concluded that the award was not deficient on the grounds raised in the exceptions and set forth in § 7122(a). The Authority rejected the allegation that the award failed to draw its essence from the parties' collective bargaining agreement.