[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1603.109]

[Page 177]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
                               COMMISSION
 
  PART 1603--PROCEDURES FOR PREVIOUSLY EXEMPT STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE COMPLAINTS OF EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION UNDER SECTION 321 OF THE GOVERNMENT 
EMPLOYEE RIGHTS ACT OF 1991--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart A--Administrative Process
 
Sec. 1603.109  Investigations.

    (a) Before referring a complaint to an administrative law judge 
under section 201 of this part, the Commission may conduct investigation 
using an exchange of letters, interrogatories, fact-finding conferences, 
interviews, on-site visits or other fact-finding methods that address 
the matters at issue.
    (b) During an investigation of a complaint under this part, the 
Commission shall have the authority to sign and issue a subpoena 
requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses, the production of 
evidence and access to evidence for the purposes of examination and the 
right to copy. The subpoena procedures contained in 29 CFR 1601.16 shall 
apply to subpoenas issued pursuant to this section.