Decision on Request for General Statement Of Policy or Guidance

 

 3 FLRA No. 100
 
                                            Case No. 0-PS-13
 
                 DECISION ON REQUEST FOR GENERAL STATEMENT
                           OF POLICY OR GUIDANCE
 
    THE AUTHORITY RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM THE NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES
 UNION THAT THE AUTHORITY ISSUE A MAJOR POLICY DETERMINATION ON THE
 FOLLOWING QUESTION:
 
    HOW WILL THE PARTIES TO A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT ACHIEVE
 ENFORCEMENT OF A BINDING
 
    ARBITRATION AWARD UNDER THE CIVIL SERVICE REFORM ACT, PUB. L.
 95-454, 5 U.S.C. SECTION 7121(B)(3)(C)?  SPECIFICALLY, WILL (MUST) THE
 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY ENTERTAIN PETITIONS FOR SUCH
 ENFORCEMENT PURSUANT TO THE BROAD GRANT OF POWERS TO THE AUTHORITY
 UNDER
 5 U.S.C. SECTION 7105(A)(1), (2) AND ISSUE A FINAL ORDER BASED UPON SUCH
 PETITION WHICH IS ENFORCEABLE IN FEDERAL COURT UNDER 5 U.S.C. SECTION
 7123(B)?
 
    THE AUTHORITY HAS CAREFULLY CONSIDERED THIS REQUEST AND HAS
 DETERMINED THAT IT DOES NOT SATISFY THE STANDARDS GOVERNING THE ISSUANCE
 OF GENERAL STATEMENTS OF POLICY AND GUIDANCE SET FORTH IN SECTION 2427.5
 OF THE RULES OF THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY, 45 FED.REG.
 3516(1980), WHICH PROVIDES IN PERTINENT PART:
 
    SECTION 2427.5 STANDARDS GOVERNING ISSUANCE OF GENERAL STATEMENTS OF
 POLICY AND GUIDANCE.
 
    IN DECIDING WHETHER TO ISSUE A GENERAL STATEMENT OF POLICY OR
 GUIDANCE, THE AUTHORITY SHALL
 
    CONSIDER:
 
    (A) WHETHER THE QUESTION PRESENTED CAN MORE APPROPRIATELY BE RESOLVED
 BY OTHER MEANS(.)
 
    THE QUESTION PRESENTED IN THIS REQUEST FOR A MAJOR POLICY
 DETERMINATION CAN BE MORE APPROPRIATELY RESOLVED BY OTHER MEANS.  IN
 THIS REGARD, THE AUTHORITY CONSIDERED A SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL MATTER
 IN HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY COMMUNICATIONS COMMAND, ET AL., FORT HUACHUCA
 ARIZONA AND AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, LOCAL 1662,
 CASE NO. O-MC-, 2 FLRA NO. 101 (MAR. 7, 1980) AND CONCLUDED AS FOLLOWS:
 
    (T)HE AUTHORITY FINDS