federal_register: 03-23857
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| 03-23857 | Practices and Procedures | Rule | The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB or the Board) is amending several provisions of its practices and procedures regulations to improve the agency's service to its customers by facilitating the expeditious adjudication of appeals. The amendments allow the judge to grant a joint or unilateral request for suspension of a case for only one 30-day period rather than two 30-day periods. Moreover, the amended regulations no longer provide for the automatic granting of such requests; instead, requests for the suspension of a case may be granted at the discretion of the judge. As a result of these amendments, the maximum amount of time that a case may be suspended has been reduced from 60 to 30 days. The amended regulations also impose a condition on the judge's exercise of discretion in granting unilateral requests for an additional suspension period. Such requests may be granted for good cause shown pursuant to the amended regulations. The amended regulations also specify a 30-day limit on the amount of time the judge may grant for a unilateral request. Two new subsections have also been added to the regulations governing discovery procedures. These subsections permit the administrative judge to impose limits on the frequency or extent of the use of discovery methods and the number of discovery requests. The Board has decided to follow the guidance of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in adopting these changes to its discovery procedures. The regulations governing discovery procedures have also been amended to reduce the number of days for filing subsequent discovery requests from 10 days to 7 days. | 2003-09-18 | 2003 | 9 | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2003/09/18/03-23857/practices-and-procedures | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2003-09-18/pdf/03-23857.pdf | Merit Systems Protection Board | 285 | The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB or the Board) is amending several provisions of its practices and procedures regulations to improve the agency's service to its customers by facilitating the expeditious adjudication of appeals. The amendments... |