Office of Personnel Management (Agency) and American Federation of Government Employees, Local 32 (Union)

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61 FLRA No. 131

Before the Authority: Dale Cabaniss, Chairman, and
Carol Waller Pope, Member [n1] 

      This matter is before the Authority on the Union's motion for reconsideration of the Authority's decision in Office of Personnel Management, 61 FLRA 358 (2005) (Member Pope, dissenting in part) (OPM). The Agency has requested permission to file an opposition to the Union's motion and has included the opposition with its request. [n2] 

      Section 2429.17 of the Authority's Regulations permits a party who can establish extraordinary circumstances to request reconsideration of an Authority decision. The Authority has identified a limited number of situations in which extraordinary circumstances have been found to exist. See United States Dep't of the Air Force, 375th Combat Support Group, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., 50 FLRA 84, 85-87 (1995). These include situations where the moving party has established that the Authority erred in its conclusions of law or factual findings. See id. at 86-87. The party seeking reconsideration of a decision of the Authority has a heavy burden of establishing that extraordinary circumstances exist to justify this unusual action. See id.