{"id":27453,"date":"2022-02-17T18:56:10","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T23:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/?page_id=27453"},"modified":"2022-02-17T18:56:10","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T23:56:10","slug":"24-definition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/guidance\/adrguide-home\/24-definition\/","title":{"rendered":"Neutral Defined"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:31px;margin-left:0px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Neutral Defined<\/h2><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>The ADRA of 1996 defines a neutral as “an individual who, with respect to an issue in controversy, functions specifically to aid the parties in resolving the controversy.”\u00a0 5 USC 571(9). \u00a0More specifically, the ADRA of 1996 states,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>(a) A neutral\u00a0 neutral may be a permanent or temporary officer or employee of the Federal Government or\u00a0any other individual who is acceptable to the parties to a dispute resolution proceeding. A neutral\u00a0shall have no official, financial, or personal conflict of interest with respect to the issues in\u00a0controversy, unless such interest is fully disclosed in writing to all parties and all parties agree that\u00a0the neutral may serve.\u00a0 5 USC 573(a).<\/p>\n<p>(b) A neutral who serves as a\u00a0 mediator, facilitator or conciliator serves at the will of the parties.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>5 USC 573.\u00a0 These basic rules regarding neutrals are applicable to federal procurement disputes through the FAR 33.201.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":27194,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27453"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27453\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}