5 CFR 2414.2 : Administrative Personnel (§ 1.1 To Parts 10003-10049) — (§ 1200.1 To Parts 10003-10049) — Federal Labor Relations Authority, General Counsel Of The Federal Labor Relations Authority And Federal Service Impasses Panel (Subchapter A To Parts 2474-2499) — General Provisions (Parts 2400-2410 To Appendix A To Part 2418) — Ex Parte Communications (§ 2414.1 To § 2414.9) — Unauthorized communications.

(a) No interested person outside this agency shall, in any agency proceeding subject to 5 U.S.C. 557(a), make or knowingly cause to be made any prohibited ex parte communication to any Authority member, Administrative Law Judge, or other Authority employee who is or may reasonably be expected to be involved in the decisional process of the proceeding.

(b) No Authority member, Administrative Law Judge, or other Authority employee who is or may reasonably be expected to be involved in the decisional process of the proceeding relevant to the merits of the proceeding shall: (1) Request any prohibited ex parte communications; or (2) make or knowingly cause to be made any prohibited ex parte communications about the proceeding to any interested person outside this agency relevant to the merits of the proceeding.