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 2 FLRA No. 115
 
 MR. RONALD D. KING
 DIRECTOR
 CONTRACT AND APPEALS DIVISION
 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT
 EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
 1325 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, NW.
 WASHINGTON, D.C.  20005
 
                         RE:  AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT
                              EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO, LOCAL 2840 AND
                              BLYTHEVILLE AIR FORCE BASE,
                              ARKANSAS, Case No. 0-NG-221
 
 DEAR MR. KING:
 
    THIS REFERS TO THE UNION'S PETITION FOR REVIEW AND THE AGENCY'S
 STATEMENT OF POSITION IN THE ABOVE-ENTITLED CASE.
 
    THE AGENCY'S STATEMENT OF POSITION FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION
 7117(C)(3) (92 STAT. 1206 (1978)) OF THE STATUTE AND SECTION 2424.6 OF
 THE AUTHORITY'S REGULATIONS IN EFFECT WITHDREW THE AGENCY ALLEGATION
 THAT THE MATTERS IN DISPUTE ARE NOT WITHIN THE DUTY TO BARGAIN.  THE
 DISPUTE INVOLVED IN THE UNION'S APPEAL WAS THEREBY RENDERED MOOT.
 
    ACCORDINGLY, THE APPEAL IS DISMISSED.
 
    FOR THE AUTHORITY.
 
                                SINCERELY,
 
                           SAMUEL A. CHAITOVITZ
 
                            EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
 
    CC:  D. DRESSER
 
    AIR FORCE
 
 
 

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