[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 41, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 41CFR105-56.007]

[Page 274]
 
           TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
 
              CHAPTER 105--GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 105-56--SALARY OFFSET FOR INDEBTEDNESS OF GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYEES TO THE UNITED STATES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 105-56.007  Pre-offset oral hearing.

    (a) Oral hearings are informal in nature. The agency, represented by 
a program official or a representative of the Office of General Counsel, 
and the employee, or his or her representative, shall explain their case 
in the form of an oral presentation with reference to the documentation 
submitted. The employee may testify on his or her own behalf, subject to 
cross examination. Other witnesses may be called to testify where the 
hearing official determines the testimony to be relevant and not 
redundant.
    (b) The hearing official shall--
    (1) Conduct a fair and impartial hearing; and
    (2) Preside over the course of the hearing, maintain decorum, and 
avoid delay in the disposition of the hearing.
    (c) The employee may represent himself or herself or may be 
represented by another person at the hearing. The employee may not be 
represented by a person who creates an actual or apparent conflict of 
interest.
    (d) Oral hearings are open to the public. However, the hearing 
official may close all or any portion of the hearing when doing so is in 
the best interests of the employee or the public.
    (e) Oral hearings may be conducted by conference call at the request 
of the employee or at the discretion of the hearing official.