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4 CFR §28.155

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Upon petition by any person, or on its own motion, the Board may issue statements of policy or guidance. In determining whether to issue such a statement, the criteria to be considered by the Board will include, but not be limited to, the following:
  1. (a)Whether the question presented can more appropriately be resolved by other means;
  2. (b)Where other means are available, whether a Board statement would prevent the proliferation of cases;
  3. (c)Whether the resolution of the question presented would have general applicability;
  4. (d)Whether the question currently confronts the parties as part of their employee-management relationship;
  5. (e)Whether the question is presented jointly by the parties involved; and
  6. (f)Whether the issuance by the Board of a statement of policy or guidance would promote the purposes of the General Accounting Office Personnel Act.