29 CFR 1603.202 : Labor (§ 0.735-1 To Parts 4908-4999) — (Part 900 To Parts 1692-1699) — Regulations Relating To Labor (Continued) (Part 900 To Parts 1692-1699) — Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (§ 1600.101 To Parts 1692-1699) — Procedures For Previously Exempt State And Local Government Employee Complaints Of Employment Discrimination Under Section 304 Of The Government Employee Rights Act Of 1991 (§ 1603.100 To § 1603.306) — Hearings (§ 1603.201 To § 1603.217) — Administrative law judge.

The administrative law judge shall have all the powers necessary to conduct fair, expeditious, and impartial hearings as provided in 5 U.S.C. 556(c). In addition, the administrative law judge shall have the power to:

(a) Change the time, place or date of the hearing;

(b) Enter a default decision against a party failing to appear at a hearing unless the party shows good cause by contacting the administrative law judge and presenting arguments as to why the party or the party's representative could not appear either prior to the hearing or within two days after the scheduled hearing; and

(c) Take any appropriate action authorized by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28 U.S.C. appendix).