[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3, Parts 1200 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 1999]
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[CITE: 5CFR2427.5]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
 CHAPTER XIV--FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY, GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE 
  FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY AND FEDERAL SERVICE IMPASSES PANEL
 
PART 2427--GENERAL STATEMENTS OF POLICY OR GUIDANCE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 2427.5  Standards governing issuance of general statements of policy or 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;
    (b) Where other means are available, whether an Authority statement 
would prevent the proliferation of cases involving the same or similar 
question;
    (c) Whether the resolution of the question presented would have 
general applicability under the Federal Service Labor-Management 
Relations Statute;
    (d) Whether the question currently confronts parties in the context 
of a labor-management relationship;
    (e) Whether the question is presented jointly by the parties 
involved; and
    (f) Whether the issuance by the Authority of a general statement of 
policy or guidance on the question would promote constructive and 
cooperative labor-management relationships in the Federal service and 
would otherwise promote the purposes of the Federal Service Labor-
Management Relations Statute.