NLRB to Issue Final Board and ALJ Decisions Online

WASHINGTON, June 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Labor Relations
Board today announced a pilot project for the electronic issuance and service
of final decisions of the Board and its Administrative Law Judges (ALJs).

Case issuance is the process through which final Board and ALJ decisions
officially are announced to the parties and the public. Under current
practice, decisions generally are issued at the close of the business day and
copies are formally served on the parties, usually by U.S. mail. Decisions
are then released to the public and posted on the NLRB website (www.nlrb.gov)
on the third business day following issuance.

Under the pilot project, final Board and ALJ decisions will be issued
electronically (E-Issuance). Decisions will be issued at the close of each
business day by being listed on a daily "docket sheet" posted on the NLRB
website. The full text of Board and ALJ decisions will be posted on the NLRB
website at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time the first business day following posting of
the docket sheet.

Parties who voluntarily register for electronic service (E-Service) will
receive, immediately upon posting of the docket sheet, an email constituting
formal notice of the Board's or ALJ's decision and an electronic link to the
decision. Accordingly, for those parties who opt for E-Service, the text of
the Board or ALJ decision will be available to them the day before the
decision is posted and publicly available on the NLRB website. Parties who do
not register for E-Service will continue to receive formal service of the
Board's or ALJ's decision by traditional means, usually via U.S. mail.

The pilot will be implemented in two stages, beginning in July 2008. In the
first stage, parties will be allowed to opt into the pilot program by
registering for E-Service. During this registration period, parties to cases
currently pending before the Board or the Division of Judges will receive a
mailing from the Agency with instructions regarding how to register for
E-Service. Registration is optional.

The second stage will begin in August 2008, when the Board will launch
E-Issuance of all final Board and ALJ decisions. Parties who have registered
for E-Service will then begin to receive, simultaneously with the posting of
the docket sheet on the NLRB website, formal notice of the Board's or ALJ's
decision in their case(s) via email with an immediate electronic link to the
text of the decision.

In announcing the pilot, Chairman Peter C. Schaumber said:

This pilot program is the latest advancement in our implementation of the
President's Management Agenda. E-Issuance of Board and ALJ decisions is the
most consistent and effective way to make decisions promptly available to
parties and the public. Parties who sign up for E-Issuance will receive
decisions immediately upon issuance, regardless of their location. E-Issuance
will make the Board's processes and documents more readily accessible to the
public, and will result in significant cost savings to the Agency.

SOURCE National Labor Relations Board

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