[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 5, Volume 3] [Revised as of January 1, 2001] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 5CFR2424.11] [Page 404-405] TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL CHAPTER XIV--FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY, GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY AND FEDERAL SERVICE IMPASSES PANEL PART 2424--NEGOTIABILITY PROCEEDINGS--Table of Contents Subpart B--Alternative Dispute Resolution; Requesting and Providing Allegations Concerning the Duty To Bargain Sec. 2424.11 Requesting and providing written allegations concerning the duty to bargain. (a) General. An exclusive representative may file a petition for review after receiving a written allegation concerning the duty to bargain from the agency. An exclusive representative [[Page 405]] also may file a petition for review if it requests that the agency provide it with a written allegation concerning the duty to bargain and the agency does not respond to the request within ten (10) days. (b) Agency allegation in response to request. The agency's allegation in response to the exclusive representative's request must be in writing and must be served in accord with Sec. 2424.2(g). (c) Unrequested agency allegation. If an agency provides an exclusive representative with an unrequested written allegation concerning the duty to bargain, then the exclusive representative may either file a petition for review under this part, or continue to bargain and subsequently request in writing a written allegation concerning the duty to bargain, if necessary.