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56 FLRA No. 79
Health Care Financing Administration and AFGE, Local 1923, AFL-CIO, Case No. WA-CA-90046, WA-CA-90378 (Decided July 26, 2000)
The complaint alleged that the Respondent violated section 7116(a)(1), (5) and (8) of the Statute by refusing to provide the Union with certain sanitized documents concerning the selection process that the Respondent used to fill two job vacancies for bargaining unit positions. The Judge found that the Respondent violated the Statute as charged.
The Authority, in agreement with the Judge, found that the Privacy Act did not prohibit disclosure of the requested information, that the data requested by the Union was necessary within the meaning of section 7114(b)(4)(B) of the Statute, and that the Respondent violated section 7116(a)(1), (5) and (8) of the Statute. The Authority also adopted the Judge's recommended remedy.