[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 19324]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10766]



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NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD


National Labor Relations Board Advisory Committee on Agency 
Procedure

AGENCY: National Labor Relations Board.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.




SUMMARY: In accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. app. 2 (1972), and 29 C.F.R. Sec. 
102.136 (1993), the National Labor Relations Board has established a 
National Labor Relations Board Advisory Committee on Agency Procedure, 
the purpose of which is to provide input and advice to the Board and 
General Counsel on changes in Agency procedures that will expedite case 
processing and improve Agency service to the public. A notice of the 
establishment of the Advisory Committee was published in the Federal 
Register on May 13, 1994 (59 FR 25128).
    As indicated in that notice, the Committee consists of two Panels 
which will meet separately, one composed of Union-side representatives 
and the other of Management-side representatives. Pursuant to Section 
10(a) of FACA, the Agency hereby announces that the next meetings of 
the Advisory Committee Panels will be held on June 18 (Union-side) and 
June 20, 1996 (Management-side).
    Time and Place: The meeting of the Union-side Panel of the Advisory 
Committee will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 18, 1996, at the 
National Labor Relations Board, 1099 14th Street, N.W., Washington, 
D.C., in the Board Hearing Room, Rm 11000. The meeting of the 
Management-side Panel of the Advisory Committee will be held at 10:00 
a.m. on Thursday, June 20, 1996, at the same location.
    Agenda: The agenda at the meetings of both Advisory Committee 
Panels will be:
    (1) The March 14 request by Congressman John E. Porter, Chairman of 
the House Appropriations Committee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education and Related Agencies that the NLRB consider reducing its 
caseload by raising the jurisdictional thresholds to account for 
inflation since 1959.
    (2) Changes in Board Procedures, Streamlining and Status of 1996 
and 1997 Budgets--update and discussion.
    (3) Proposal to consolidate all Federal Administrative Law Judges 
into a single agency.
    Public Participation: The meetings will be open to the public. As 
indicated in the Agency's prior notice, within 30 days of adjournment 
of the later of the Advisory Committee Panel meetings, any member of 
the public may present written comments to the Committee on matters 
considered during the meetings. Written comments should be submitted to 
the Committee's Management Officer and Designated Federal Official, 
Miguel A. Gonzalez, Executive Assistant to the Chairman, National Labor 
Relations Board, 1099 14th Street, N.W., Suite 11104, Washington, D.C. 
20570-0001; telephone: (202)273-2864.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Advisory Committee Management Officer 
and Designated Federal Official, Miguel A. Gonzalez, Executive 
Assistant to the Chairman, National Labor Relations Board, 1099 14th 
Street, N.W., Suite 11104, Washington, D.C. 20570-0001; telephone: 
(202)273-2864.

    Dated, April 25, 1996.

    By direction of the Board:
John J. Toner,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-10766 Filed 4-30-96; 8:45 am]
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