[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3, Parts 1200 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 1999]
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[CITE: 5CFR2470.2]

[Page 431]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
 CHAPTER XIV--FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY, GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE 
  FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY AND FEDERAL SERVICE IMPASSES PANEL
 
PART 2470--GENERAL--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart B--Definitions
 
Sec. 2470.2  Definitions.


    (a) The terms agency, labor organization, and conditions of 
employment as used in this subchapter shall have the meaning set forth 
in 5 U.S.C. 7103(a). When used in connection with 3 U.S.C. 431, the term 
agency as used in the Panel's regulations in this subchapter means an 
employing office as defined in 3 U.S.C. 401(a)(4).
    (b) The term Executive Director means the Executive Director of the 
Panel.
    (c) The terms designated representative or designee of the Panel 
means a Panel member, a staff member, or other individual designated by 
the Panel to act on its behalf.
    (d) The term hearing means a factfinding hearing, arbitration 
hearing, or any other hearing procedure deemed necessary to accomplish 
the purposes of 5 U.S.C. 7119.
    (e) The term impasse means that point in the negotiation of 
conditions of employment at which the parties are unable to reach 
agreement, notwithstanding their efforts to do so by direct negotiations 
and by the use of mediation or other voluntary arrangements for 
settlement.
    (f) The term Panel means the Federal Service Impasses Panel 
described in 5 U.S.C. 7119(c) or a quorum thereof.
    (g) The term party means the agency or the labor organization 
participating in the negotiation of conditions of employment.
    (h) The term quorum means a majority of the members of the Panel.
    (i) The term voluntary arrangements means any method adopted by the 
parties for the purpose of assisting them in their resolution of a 
negotiation dispute which is not inconsistent with the provisions of 5 
U.S.C. 7119.

[45 FR 3520, Jan. 17, 1980, as amended at 48 FR 19693, May 2, 1983; 63 
FR 46159, Aug. 31, 1998]