5 CFR §2421.11
Party means:
- (a)Any labor organization, employing agency or activity or individual filing a charge, petition, or request;
- (b)Any labor organization or agency or activity
- (1)Named as
- (i)A charged party in a charge,
- (ii)A respondent in a complaint, or
- (iii)An employing agency or activity or an incumbent labor organization in a petition;
- (2)Whose intervention in a proceeding has been permitted or directed by the Authority; or
- (3)Who participated as a party
- (i)In a matter that was decided by an agency head under 5 U.S.C. 7117, or
- (ii)In a matter where the award of an arbitrator was issued; and
- (c)The General Counsel, or the General Counsel's designated representative, in appropriate proceedings.