Disciplinary Appeals Board Panel

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Disciplinary Appeals Board Panel

AGENCY:

Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION:

Notice with request for comments.

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 15, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Terri McVay, Senior Employee Relations Policy Specialist, Employee Relations and Performance Management Service, Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Mailstop 051, Washington, DC 20420 or

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Ms. McVay may be reached at 205-821-2446. This is not a toll-free number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Public Law 102-40 and 38 U.S.C. 7464(d) requires that the availability of the roster be posted in the

Federal Register

periodically, but not less than annually. Requests for the panel roster and/or comments concerning suitability for service on the panel may be sent to

vaco051erpms@va.gov.

Signing Authority

Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, approved this

document on November 8, 2022, 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.

Luvenia Potts,

Regulation Development Coordinator, Office of Regulation Policy & Management, Office of the Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.

[FR Doc. 2022-24757 Filed 11-14-22; 8:45 am]

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