[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 5, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59675-59676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-24038]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Disciplinary Appeals Board Panel

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice with request for comments.

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SUMMARY: Section 203 of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Health 
Care Personnel Act of 1991 revised the disciplinary grievance and 
appeal procedures for employees appointed under federal law. It also 
required the periodic designation of VA employees who are qualified to 
serve on the Disciplinary Appeals Board. These employees constitute the 
Disciplinary Appeals Board Panel from which board members in a case are 
appointed. This notice announces that the roster of employees on the 
panel is available for review and comment. Employees, employee 
organizations, and other interested parties shall be provided, upon 
request and without charge, the list of the employees on the panel, and 
may submit comments concerning the suitability of any employee on the 
panel list.

DATES: The names that appear on the panel roster may be selected to 
serve on a Disciplinary Appeals Board or as a grievance examiner after 
December 5, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Requests for the panel roster and written comments may be 
directed to: Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420. Requests and 
comments may also be faxed to (202) 495-5200. This is not a toll-free 
number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Jennifer Hayek, Senior Employee 
Relations Policy Specialist, Employee Relations and Performance 
Management Service, Office of Human Resources Management, Department of 
Veterans

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Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Mailstop 051, Washington, DC 20420. Ms. 
Hayek may be reached at (440) 525-5493. This is not a toll-free number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public Law 102-40 and 38 United States Code 
(U.S.C.) 7464(d) requires that the availability of the roster be posted 
in the Federal Register periodically, but not less than annually.

Signing Authority

    The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or designee, approved this 
document and authorized the undersigned to sign and submit the document 
to the Office of the Federal Register for publication electronically as 
an official document of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Pamela 
Powers, Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs, approved this 
document on October 28, 2019, for publication.

    Dated: October 30, 2019.
Luvenia Potts,
Regulation Development Coordinator, Office of Regulation Policy & 
Management, Office of the Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2019-24038 Filed 11-4-19; 8:45 am]
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