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OFFICE OF COMPLIANCELA 200, John Adams Building, 110 Second               Street, S.E.              Washington, DC 20540-1999 
_________________________SHEILA COGAN,     Complainant,              v.                                     Case No. 01-AC-386(RP)                                                      Date: May 30, 2003OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT  OF THE CAPITOL     Respondent._________________________
              Before the Board of Directors: Susan S. Robfogel, Chair; Barbara               L. Camens, Alan V. Friedman; Roberta L. Holzwarth; Barbara Childs               Wallace, Members.

DECISION OF THE BOARD OF               DIRECTORS

 On September 9, 2002, Hearing Officer Warren               R. King issued the attached Decision and Order in this matter concluding               that the Respondent did not terminate the Complainant's employment               in retaliation for her having engaged in protected activities under               the Congressional Accountability Act. The Complainant timely filed               a petition for review of that decision, and a supporting brief.               The Respondent timely filed its opposition brief to the petition               for review.

The Board has considered the decision1               and the record in light of the petition for review and briefs. The               Board affirms the hearing officer's determination that the evidence               did not establish that the Respondent acted out of a proscribed               retaliatory motive in terminating the Complainant's employment.2

ORDER

Pursuant to Section 406(e) of the Congressional               Accountability Act and Section 8.01(d) of the Office's Procedural               Rules, the Board affirms the hearing officer's merits determination               of no retaliation in this matter.

It is so ordered.

___________________________              Susan S. Robfogel, Chair

___________________________              Barbara L. Camens, Member

___________________________              Alan V. Friedman, Member

___________________________              Roberta L. Holzwarth, Member

___________________________              Barbara Childs Wallace, Member

              Issued, Washington, D.C.: May 30, 2003

 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this 30th day of May               2003, I delivered a copy of this Decision of the Board of Directors               to the following parties by the below identified means:

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Jeffrey H. Leib, Esq.              Attorney at Law              5104 34th Street, N.W.              Washington, D.C. 20008

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Edgard Martinez, Esq.              Office of Architect of the Capitol              Office of Employment Counsel              Ford House Building, Room H2-202              Washington, D.C. 20515

              ___________________              Kisha Harley              Office of Compliance
1 The hearing officer's decision,             in the bottom paragraph on page 3, inadvertently states that the Complainant             started work for the Respondent on November 20, 2002, rather than             the correct date of November 20, 2000. That oversight is not material             to the result and we note that the decision reflects the correct date             in the first paragraph on page 2. 
2 In light of our affirmance               of the hearing officer's conclusion that the Respondent acted out               of a non-retaliatory motive, we need take no position on the constructive               discharge standard set forth at footnote 12 of the hearing officer's               decision.

 
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