[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 41, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 41CFR105-8.170-9]

[Page 375-376]
 
           TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
 
              CHAPTER 105--GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 105-8_ENFORCEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF HANDICAP IN 
 
Sec. 105-8.170-9  Filing an appeal.

    (a) Notice of appeal to the Special Counsel for Ethics and Civil 
Rights, with or without a request for hearing, shall be filed by the 
complainant or the

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respondent with the Responsible Official within 30 days of receipt of 
the letter of findings required by

Sec. 105-8.170-7.
    (b) If a timely appeal without a request for hearing is filed by a 
party, any other party may file a written request for a hearing within 
the time limit specified in Sec. 105-8.170-9(a) or within 10 days of 
the date on which the first timely appeal without a request for hearing 
was filed, whichever is later.
    (c) If no party requests a hearing, the Responsible Official shall 
promptly transmit the notice of appeal and investigative record to the 
Special Counsel for Ethics and Civil Rights.
    (d) If neither party files an appeal within the time prescribed in 
Sec. 105-8.170-9(a) the Responsible Official shall certify, at the 
expiration of the time, that the letter of findings is the final agency 
decision on the complaint.