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58 FLRA No. 26

UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS
WASHINGTON, D.C.
(Agency)

and

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES, LOCAL 1812
(Union)

0-AR-3435

(57 FLRA 261 (2001))
(57 FLRA 927 (2002))

_____

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
RECONSIDERATION

October 8, 2002

_____

Before the Authority: Dale Cabaniss, Chairman, and
Carol Waller Pope and Tony Armendariz, Members

      This matter is before the Authority on a motion for reconsideration by the Agency to our decision in United States Information Agency, Broadcasting Board of Governors, Washington, D.C., 57 FLRA 927 (2002) (Information Agency II) on exceptions from our remand to Arbitrator Leroy D. Clark in United States Information Agency, Broadcasting Board of Governors, Washington, D.C., 57 FLRA 261 (2001) (Information Agency I). The motion was filed pursuant to § 2429.17 of the Authority's Regulations. The Agency also seeks a stay of the Authority's Order in the above matter pending final disposition of this motion. The Union did not file a response.

      Section 2429.17 of the Authority's Regulations permits a party who can establish extraordinary circumstances to request reconsideration of an Authority decision. See United States Dep't of the Air Force, 375th Combat Support Group, Scott AFB, Ill., 50 FLRA 84, 85 (1995) (Scott AFB). In Scott AFB, the Authority identified a limited number of situations in which extraordinary circumstances have been found to exist. These include situations where a moving party has established that the Authority erred in its remedial order, process, conclusion of law, or factual finding. Attempts to relitigate conclusions reached by the Authority are insufficient to satisfy the extraordinary circumstances requirement. Id. at 86-87; See United States Dep't of Def., Def. Logistics Agency, Def. Distrib. Region West, Stockton, Cal., 48 FLRA 543, 545 (1993) (Def. Logistics Agency).

      In this case, the Agency contends that the Authority incorrectly interpreted law and made errors of fact. However, upon review of the Agency's contentions, we find that they are nothing more than an attempt to relitigate the conclusions reached by the Authority in Information Agency I, 57 FLRA 261, and Information Agency II, 57 FLRA 927. Accordingly, the Agency's motion for reconsideration is insufficient to satisfy the extraordinary circumstances requirement. See Def. Logistics Agency, 48 FLRA at 545.

      The Agency's motion for reconsideration is denied. [n*] 



Footnote * for 58 FLRA No. 26

   Consistent with the above, we also deny the Agency's motion for a stay.