The Authority (Authority)

The Authority is a quasi-judicial body with three full-time Members who are appointed for five-year terms by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate.  The President designates one Member to serve as Chairman of the Authority and as the Chief Executive and Administrative Officer of the FLRA.  As the FLRA's chief executive and administrative officer, the FLRA Chairman is responsible for decisions regarding agency-wide administrative functions, such as purchasing, human resources, budgeting, finance, information technology, leasing of office space, and agency performance management.  The Chairman carries out these duties through the  Office of the Executive Director .  The Chairman also chairs the Foreign Service Labor Relations Board. In addition to its responsibility for immediate Authority staffing, the Authority Members are also responsible for appointing Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) to hear and prepare decisions in cases involving alleged unfair labor practices, as well as decisions involving applications for attorney fees filed pursuant to the Back Pay Act or the Equal Access to Justice Act.  The FLRA also provides full staff support to two other organizations – the Foreign Service Impasse Disputes Panel and the Foreign Service Labor Relations Board (created by the Foreign Service Act of 1980).    The Authority adjudicates disputes arising under the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (the  Statute ), decides cases concerning the  negotiability  of collective-bargaining-agreement proposals, appeals concerning  unfair labor practices  and  representation petitions , and exceptions to grievance- arbitration  awards. You should submit requests for Authority documents to the FLRA's Office of the Solicitor.  You may email requests to solmail@flra.gov If you choose to mail your FOIA request, you should send it to the address below; please no