* Pursuant to 5 CFR § 2423.41 of the Authority’s Rules and Regulations, in the absence of the filing of exceptions within the established time limits, the findings, conclusions, and recommendations in the decision of an Administrative Law Judge shall, without precedential significance, become the findings, conclusions, decision and order of the Authority. Effective June 1, 2014, all Administrative Law Judge decisions are publicly posted on this website one week after issuance even though exceptions may have been filed and the decision may be subject to a subsequent review and modification by the Authority. Between January 1, 2012, and June 1, 2014, only those ALJ decisions that were adopted by the Authority as the final decision of the agency by virtue of no exceptions being filed were posted as the final ALJ decision. Decisions dated prior to January 1, 2012, or after June 1, 2014, may have been the subject of exceptions and a case number search of the Authority’s decision database should be conducted to determine if the ALJ decision was reviewed by the Authority in response to properly filed exceptions.