In order for the Bureau and the Task Force to evaluate whether a complaint should be accepted onto the Accelerated Docket, it would be useful for the Task Force to have been advised of the particulars of the complaint before it is filed. Comment is sought on whether a complainant seeking acceptance onto the Accelerated Docket should, as a precondition of such acceptance, have attempted to undertake informal settlement discussions under the auspices of the Task Force. Comment is also sought on whether, or in what circumstances, previously filed complaints should be designated for inclusion on the Accelerated Docket. Pleadings submitted in Accelerated Docket proceedings would be required to meet these same standards. In light of these recently heightened requirements for pleading content, comment is invited on the reasonableness of requiring the answer to be filed within seven calendar days of a complaint, as likely would be necessary in the 60-day complaint process currently under contemplation.
Comment is sought as to the feasibility of holding a status conference at that time.
The parties would be required to reduce to a joint, written statement their agreements and remaining disputes regarding these matters, and submit it to the Commission two days in advance of the status conference. The parties also would be required to agree to a joint statement of stipulated facts, disputed facts and key legal issues, which also would be submitted to the Commission two days before the status conference. Comment is invited on imposing these requirements for the initial status conference in a 60-day process. Additionally, comment is invited on the nature of the briefing schedule, if any, that the Task Force should set at the initial status conference. See, e.g., id. 179.