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61 FLRA No. 127
AFGE, LOCAL 104 and U. S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL PERSONNEL RECORDS CENTER (Bailey, Arbitrator), Case No. 0-AR-4103 (August 3, 2006)
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. Here, 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 arguments that the arbitrator exceeded his authority, or that the award failed to draw its essence from the parties' agreement.