[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1252.403]

[Page 246-247]
 
                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1252_NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF AGE IN PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES 
 
 Subpart 1252.4_Investigation, Conciliation, and Enforcement Procedures
 
Sec.  1252.403  Investigation.

    (a) Informal inquiry. (1) NASA will investigate complaints that are 
unresolved after mediation or are reopened because of a violation of a 
mediation agreement.
    (2) As part of the initial inquiry, NASA will use informal fact 
finding methods, including joint or separate discussions with the 
complainant and recipient to establish the facts, and, if possible, 
settle the complaint on terms that are mutually agreeable to the 
parties. NASA may seek the assistance of any involved State agency.
    (3) NASA will put any agreement in writing and have it signed by the 
parties and an authorized official at NASA.
    (4) The settlement shall not affect the operation of any other 
enforcement effort of NASA, including compliance reviews and 
investigation of other complaints which may involve the recipient.
    (5) The settlement is not a finding of discrimination against a 
recipient.
    (b) Formal investigation. If NASA cannot resolve the complaint 
through informal means it will develop formal findings through further 
investigations

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of the complaint. If the investigation indicates a violation of these 
regulations, NASA will attempt to obtain voluntary compliance. If NASA 
cannot obtain voluntary compliance, it will begin enforcement as 
described in Sec.  1252.405.

[50 FR 13311, Apr. 4, 1985, as amended at 68 FR 51352, Aug. 26, 2003]