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What Your Exceptions Must Include
Under 5 C.F.R. § 2425.4(a), you must date your exception (unless you eFile it, which is the preferred method), and you must ensure that your exception is self-contained and sets forth:
The grounds upon which you are asking the Authority to review the award (5 C.F.R. §§ 2425.4(a)(1) & 2425.6)
Supporting arguments and citations (5 C.F.R. § 2425.4(a)(2))
Legible copies of any documents that you reference in your arguments, if they are the types of documents that the Authority cannot easily access – such as internal agency regulations or provisions of collective-bargaining agreements (5 C.F.R. § 2425.4(a)(3))
Support for any request for an expedited, abbreviated decision (5 C.F.R. §§ 2425.4(a)(4) & 2425.7))
A legible copy of the arbitrator's award (5 C.F.R. § 2425.4(a)(5))
The arbitrator's name, mailing address, and (if available and authorized for use by the arbitrator) the arbitrator's email address or facsimile number (5 C.F.R. § 2425.4(a)(6))
What Your Exceptions Do Not Need to Include
Copies of documents that the Authority can easily access, such as:
Current provisions of the U.S. Code
Current provisions of the Code of Federal Regulations (5 C.F.R. § 2425.4(b))
What Your Exceptions May Not Include
Any evidence, factual assertions, arguments (including affirmative defenses), requested remedies, or challenges to an awarded remedy that you could have presented, but did not present, to the arbitrator (5 C.F.R. §§ 2425.4(c) & 2429.5)
Additional Procedural Requirements
File exceptions with the Office of Case Intake and Publication
File through the eFiling system (preferred), or in person, by commercial delivery, by first-class mail, or by certified mail
Unless you eFile (the preferred method of filing), then you must include a signature on the original of each required document (5 C.F.R. § 2429.24)
Unless you eFile (the preferred method of filing), you must file an original and four copies of each document. (5 C.F.R. § 2429.25)
Service and Statement of Service
You must serve all parties with anything you file, including attachments to your filings
You must submit a signed, dated statement of service (or eFiling certification) that includes names and addresses of the parties served, date served, and method of
service (5 C.F.R. § 2429.27)
Generally, any document exceeding ten double-spaced pages (including any brief that you eFile) must include a table of contents However, you do not need to submit a table of contents for eFiled fillable forms (5 C.F.R. § 2429.29)
See the Checklist for Filing
Contact the Office of Case Intake and Publication
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