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FLRA HISTORICAL NEWS & DOCUMENTS

Periodically, the FLRA issues news releases about agency activities. Below are FLRA news releases and certain agency documents issued since January 1996.

NEWS

2008

• Thomas M. Beck Named Chairman of the FLRA;
  Member Carol Pope Confirmed for Second Term (10/16/08)
• Authority Case Processing During the Time the Authority
  Has One Member - Questions and Answers (7/17/08)
• Training for Labor Relations Practitioners - "Significant Developments in FLRA
  Case Law 2007-2008" – July 30, 2008 and August 27, 2008 (7/09/08)
•      Unfair Labor Practice Case Processing in the Absence of a
       General Counsel - Questions and Answers  (3/03/08)
•      General Counsel Kiko Announces Statutory Training Program  (2/25/08)
•      General Counsel Kiko Announces Final Revisions to Regulations  (2/19/08)

2007

•      General Counsel Kiko Announces Notice of Proposed Rulemaking    (12/21/07)
•      Office of General Counsel Announces Additional Statutory Training    (8/01/07)
•      Thomas Beck Nominated to FLRA Authority   (7/05/07)
•      General Counsel Kiko Announces Second Offering of Statutory Training
       Program (3/22/07) 
•      President Announces Intent to Nominate Members of the Federal Labor Relations
       Authority (3/09/07)    
•      General Counsel Kiko Announces Newly-Developed Statutory Training Program
       (1/10/07)

2006

•      Wayne Cartwright Beyer Appointed FLRA Member (12/21/06)
•        Olden C. Lee Named Chairman of the Foreign Service Impasse Disputes Panel
       (10/18/06)
•      President Nominates Wayne Beyer as FLRA Authority Member (6/7/06)
•      Tony Armendariz (3/31/06)
•      Donald S. Harris named Deputy General Counsel (2/21/06)
•      Jill Crumpacker named Executive Director (01/11/06)

2005

•      Colleen Duffy Kiko Assumes Role Of General Counsel
       of  The Federal Labor Relations Authority (11/2/05)

2003

• Dale Cabaniss Confirmed For Second Term 10/24/03
• FLRA Senior Executive Appointments Announced 8/16/03

2002

• Dale Cabaniss Nominated to FLRA -- 9/4/02
• Peter Eide Nominated as FLRA General Counsel -- 7/3/02
• Richard Zaiger Named Regional Director, Boston Region of the FLRA -- 6/19/02
• President Bush Appoints Members to the Federal Service Impasses Panel -- 4/22/02
• Federal Service Impasses Panel Begins Work -- 4/16/02
• President Bush Appoints Chairman and Members to the Federal Service Impasses Panel -- 3/12/02

2001

• Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act (FAIR) Inventory of Commercial Activities (Fiscal Year 2001) -- letter dated 6/29/01
• 22nd Annual Report (Fiscal Year 2000) -- submitted to the President on 5/17/01
• Senate Confirms Tony Armendariz to be an Authority Member -- 7/12/01
• FY 2000 Annual Program Performance Report -- (submitted to website 6/14/01)
• Nancy Anderson Speight Named Regional Director, Atlanta Region of the FLRA -- 5/11/01
• President Bush Nominates Tony Armendariz to be Authority Member -- 5/3/01
• Eli Nash Named Chief Administrative Law Judge of the FLRA -- 5/2/01
• Acting General Counsel Announces Availability of Case Processing Manuals -- 4/9/01
• Federal Labor Relations Authority Announces Acting General Counsel -- 3/26/01
• President Bush Names Dale Cabaniss as Chairman of the FLRA -- 3/9/01
• FLRA General Counsel Swerdzewski Announces Retirement   --   3/7/01
• FLRA Announces a Two-Day National Training Conferences to be Held on April 23 and 24, 2001.  --  2/20/01
• Guidance to the FLRA Regional Directors regarding Meetings under the FSLMR Statute on the General Counsel's Policy on the Rights and Obligations of Unions and Agencies in Meetings with Employees under the Statute -- 1/25/01

2000

• Carol Waller Pope Sworn in as New Authority Member -- 11/8/00
• FLRA Components to Conduct Joint Training on Occasion of FSIP 30th Anniversary -- 11/7/00
• Notice of Publication of the Guide to the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute -- 10/18/00
• FLRA Debuts New and Improved Web Site -- 10/16/00
• Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act (FAIR) Inventory of Commercial Activities (Fiscal Year 1999) -- supplemental letter submitted on 7/7/00
• 21st Annual Report (Fiscal Year 1999) -- submitted to the President on 3/30/00 
• Notice (press release) of Opportunity to Attend Focus Group Meeting and/or Submit Written Comments Regarding the Quality of the Authority's Written Decisions and the Measures for Assessing That Quality -- published in the Federal Register on 6/20/00 -- Adobe Acrobat PDF version
• General Counsel Issues Guidance on Seeking Remedies for Unfair Labor Practices under the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute -- 5/8/00
• Fiscal Year 1999 Annual Program Performance Report, Federal Labor Relations Authority, March 2000
• FSIP Plans Roundtable Dialogue in Los Angeles -- 4/11/00
• New Director of FLRA Collaboration and Alternative Dispute Resolution Office Named -- 3/31/00 
• The ULP Case Processing Manual is now available for sale from the Government Printing Office. (Submitted 3/6/00)
• Subscription to the printed version of the Unfair Labor Practice Case Handling Manual, with supplementary material
• SLIDE SHOW -- Labor Relations Issues in the New Millennium (Submitted by the Office of the General Counsel --  February 2000) 
• Bench Decisions Expedite Litigation of Unfair Labor Practice Cases -- 2/15/00 
• President Clinton Names Donald S. Wasserman as Chair of the Federal Labor Relations Authority -- 2/8/00 
• Public Information Requests -- for the Period October 1, 1998 through September 30, 1999  (submitted in January 2000) 
• President Clinton Names Bonnie Prouty Castrey as Chair and David J. Leland as Member of The Federal Service Impasses Panel --1/12/00 
• General Counsel Issues New Unfair Labor Practice Case Handling Manual -- 1/6/00 
• 20th Annual Report (Fiscal Year 1998) -- submitted to the President on 9/16/99 

1999

• FLRA Adds Search Engine to its Web Site -- 12/17/99 
• Proposed Regulations - Amendment of Equal Access to Justice Act Attorney Fees Regulations -- published in the Federal Register on 11/29/99 -- Adobe Acrobat PDF version
• Joint FLRA-OSC Town Hall Meeting to be held in Washington, D.C. -- 12/2/99 
• FLRA Expedites Resolving Disputes -- 11/1/99 
• Guide to the FLRA Negotiability Appeals Process (Submitted 10/25/99) 
• "A GUIDE: To Dispute Resolution Procedures Used by the Federal Service Impasses Panel" (Submitted 10/1499) 
• President Clinton Names Marvin E. Johnson and John G. Wofford to the Federal Service Impasses Panel  --  10/1/99 
• General Counsel Swerdzewski Issues Guidance on Developing a Labor Relations Strategic Plan -- 9/24/99 
• SLIDE SHOW -- Rights and Obligations under the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute and Equal Employment Opportunity Matters (Submitted Sept. 1999) 
• Federal Register notice of the opportunity to file briefs as amici curiae regarding a representation matter -- Related FLRA case  (AT-RP-80005 and AT-RP-80007, 55 FLRA No. 108, July 23, 1999) -- Adobe Acrobat version of the Federal Register notice dated 8/17/99 
• Speeches Delivered at the FLRA 20th Anniversary Conference -- posted 8/3/99 
• FLRA Releases 20th Anniversary Retrospective   --  7/01/99
• FLRA Invites Comments in Representation Case  --  7/01/99
• FLRA Invites Comments on Midterm Bargaining  -- 6/21/99
• The FLRA and the U.S. Office of Special Counsel Hold First Joint Town Meeting   --  6/16/99
• FLRA Receives Hammer Award at White House Ceremony  --  6/14/99
• FLRA's Washington D.C. Training Conference Scheduled for June 14 and 15, 1999  --  5/21/99
• FLRA's Mainstreaming Collaborative Dispute Resolution Initiative a Semifinalist in the 1999 Innovations in American Government Awards Competition  -- 4/26/99
• President Clinton Reappoints FSIP Members Hartfield and 
  Jacksteit  --  2/24/99
• FLRA GC Announces Customer Service Initiatives  --  2/18/99
• FLRA Announces its 20th Anniversary Training Conference  --  2/10/99
• Questions and Answers about ULP Appeals to the Office of the General Counsel (submitted in February 1999) 
• Save the Date -- FLRA Training Conferences in 1999  (submitted in February 1999) 
• Public Information Requests -- for the Period October 1, 1997 through September 30, 1998 (Adobe Acrobat version) (submitted in January 1999) 
• General Counsel Issues Guidance on the Relationship Between the FSLMR Statute and EEO Matters -- 1/26/99

1998

• FLRA Announces the Results of Customer Survey -- 12/30/98
• FLRA Realigns Jurisdiction of Regional Offices -- 12/23/98
• FLRA Issues Final Negotiability Regulations -- 12/3/98
• FLRA Issues Final Investigatory ULP Regulations -- 12/1/98
• General Counsel Swerdzewski Confirmed for Second Five-Year Term
• General Counsel to Hold Town Hall Meeting in Anchorage  -- 9/16/98
• FLRA Invites Customers to Comment on Proposed Revisions to Negotiability Regulations  -- 9/11/98
• General Counsel Issues Guidance on the Scope of Bargaining -- 9/10/98
• NEGOTIABILITY PROCEEDINGS: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Notice of Meetings; Request for Comments  --  Federal Register, Vol 63, No. 174, Wednesday, September 9, 1998  -- Text File -- Adobe Acrobat PDF File
• FLRA's General Counsel Invites Customers to Comment on Proposed Revisions to Investigatory Unfair Labor Practices Regulations -- 8/24/98
• General Counsel to Hold Town Hall Meeting in Syracuse, New York -- 5/5/98
• General Counsel to Hold Town Hall Meeting in Honolulu -- 4/27/98
• FLRA Invites Customers to Comment on Revisions to Negotiability Regulations -- 4/20/98
• FLRA Panel to Meet in Atlanta to Hear from Customers -- 4/16/98
• FLRA Invites Comments About Presidential Accountability Act Regulations -- 4/2/98
• FLRA Forms Available on Web Site -- 3/31/98
• New FLRA Regional Attorneys Appointed -- 2/27/98

1997

• FLRA Appoints New Director of Collaboration and Alternative Dispute Resolution Office -- 12/15/97
• DALE Cabaniss Sworn In as New Authority Member -- 12/15/97
• The Authority Invites Comments on Unfair Labor Practice Proceedings -- 11/21/97
• Richard I. Bloch Named as a Member of the Foreign Service Labor Relations Board -- 9/30/97
• OGC Substantially Reduces Inventory of Over-age Unfair Labor Practices Cases -- 9/8/97
• FLRA Issues Final Version of Unfair Labor Practice Regulations -- 7/31/97
• General Counsel Issues Pre-Decisional Involvement Policy -- 7/15/97
• General Counsel Issues Facilitation, Intervention, Training and Education Policy -- 6/18/97
• FLRA Invites Comments on Representation Issues -- 6/16/97
• Thomas R. Colosi and David W. Geiss Appointed as Members of the Foreign Service Impasses Disputes Panel -- 6/6/97
• FSIP Invites Customers to Roundtable Discussion in San Francisco -- 6/3/97
• FLRA Issues Proposed Revisions to Unfair Labor Practice Proceedings -- 6/3/97
• FLRA Member Tony Armendariz Resigns -- 3/18/97
• General Counsel Issues Representation Case Handling Manual -- 3/12/97
• General Counsel Issues Guidance on the Impact of Collective Bargaining Agreements on the Duty to Bargain and Other Statutory Rights -- 3/5/97
• FLRA Launches WEB Site -- 2/28/97
• Stanley M. Fisher and Gilbert Carrillo Reappointed as Members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel -- 2/5/97
• FLRA General Counsel Issues Representation Petition Quality Policy and Time Goals -- 2/3/97
• General Counsel Issues Guidance on the Duty of Fair Representation -- 1/27/97

1996

• General Counsel Issued Check-List and Guidance on Unit Certification -- 12/18/96
• Successful ULP Pilot Settlement Project Becomes Permanent in Office of Administrative Law Judges -- 12/6/96
• New FLRA Regional Attorney Appointed -- 10/17/96
• FLRA General Counsel Issues Guidance on Injunctions -- 10/4/96
• FLRA Targets Negotiability Cases for Alternative Dispute Resolution -- 9/30/96
• FLRA Realigns Jurisdiction of Regional Offices -- 9/30/96
• FLRA's Office of the General Counsel Moves to Speed Decisions on ULP Appeals and Appoints New Director to Lead Charge -- 9/4/96
• FSIP Revamps Regulations -- 8/19/96 
• The Authority Invites Customer Input on Representation Issues -- 7/2/96
• FSIP Announces New Expedited Arbitration Procedures -- 6/7/96
• FSIP Puts Customers First -- 6/4/96
• FLRA Invites Customer Input on Proposed Regulation Changes -- 5/31/96
• ULP Pilot Project Yields 80% Settlement Rate -- 4/29/96
• FLRA to Hold Town Meeting in D.C. -- 3/20/96
• New FLRA Regional Director Appointed -- 3/14/96
• General Counsel Issues Customer Information Packet on the FLRA's New Representation Regulations and the Representation Process-- 3/8/96
• 28% Drop in Unfair Labor Practice Charges Filed with the FLRA Office of the General Counsel -- 2/12/96
• FLRA Launches New Collaboration and Alternative Dispute Resolution Program and Appoints Program Director -- 1/26/96
• Donald Wasserman Sworn in as New Authority Member -- 1/18/96
• FLRA Closes Two Sub-Regional Offices -- 1/16/96
• FLRA General Counsel Issues Guidance on Investigating, Deciding and Resolving Information Disputes -- 1/5/96

DOCUMENTS

 Office of the General Counsel Historical Manuals:

• Representation Case Handling Manual (2000)
• Representation Case Law Guide (2000)
• Unfair Labor Practice Manual (2000)
• Unfair Labor Practice Foreword (2004)
• Unfair Labor Practice Manual Updates (2004)
• Litigation Manual (2000)

Office of the General Counsel Historical Guidances: 

• OCG Manual page
• OGC Policies and Guidance page
• Meetings Guidance (January 2001)
• Remedy Guidance (May 2000)
• Developing a Labor Relations Strategic Plan Guidance (September 1999)
• EEO Guidance (January 1999)
• EEO Guidance (January 1999)
• Scope of Bargaining Guidance (September 1998)
• Pre-Decisional Involvement Guidance (July 1997)
• Impact of Collective Bargaining Agreements on the Duty to Bargain and Exercise of Other Statutory Rights Guidance (March 1997)
• Duty of Fair Representation Guidance (January 1997)
• Proper Descriptions of Bargaining Unit Certification Guidance (December 1996)
• Information Disputes Guidance (January 1996)
• Work Groups Guidance (August 1995)

Office of the General Counsel Historical Policies:

• FITE Policy (June 1997)
• REP Quality Policy (February 1997)
• REP Quality Policy (February 1997)
• Injunction Policy (October 1996)
• Intervention Policy (October 1995)
• Scope of Investigations Policy (October 1995)
• Quality in ULP Investigations Policy (October 1995)
• Prosecutorial Discretion Policy (May 1994)
• Settlement Policy (May 1994)

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