§ 18.11 Definitions.

For purposes of these rules, these definitions supplement the definitions in the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 551.

Calendar call

means a meeting in which the judge calls cases awaiting hearings, determines case status, and assigns a hearing date and time.

Chief Judge

means the Chief Administrative Law Judge of the United States Department of Labor Office of Administrative Law Judges and judges to whom the Chief Judge delegates authority.

Docket clerk

means the Chief Docket Clerk at the Office of Administrative Law Judges in Washington, DC. But once a case is assigned to a judge in a district office,

docket clerk

means the docket staff in that office.

Hearing

means that part of a proceeding consisting of a session to decide issues of fact or law that is recorded and transcribed and provides the opportunity to present evidence or argument.

Judge

means an administrative law judge appointed under the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 3105.

Order

means the judge's disposition of one or more procedural or substantive issues, or of the entire matter.

Proceeding

means an action before the Office of Administrative Law Judges that creates a record leading to an adjudication or order.

Representative

means any person permitted to represent another in a proceeding before the Office of Administrative Law Judges.