{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-2471.1","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 2471.1","heading":"Request for Panel consideration; request for Panel approval of binding arbitration.","body":"If voluntary arrangements, including the services of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service or any other third-party mediation, fail to resolve a negotiation impasse:\n(a) Either party, or the parties jointly, may request the Panel to consider the matter by filing a request as hereinafter provided; or the Panel may, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7119(c)(1), undertake consideration of the matter upon request of (i) the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, or (ii) the Executive Director; or\n(b) The parties may jointly request the Panel to approve any procedure, which they have agreed to adopt, for binding arbitration of the negotiation impasse by filing a request as hereinafter provided.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER XIV—FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY, GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY AND FEDERAL SERVICE IMPASSES PANEL","SUBCHAPTER D—FEDERAL SERVICE IMPASSES PANEL","PART 2471—PROCEDURES OF THE PANEL"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-5.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:53Z","sha256":"334fdb77986e1a7c04fa251684709be277f6a8fd4550e67da71f001584963bed","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-2470.2","next":"us/5-cfr-2471.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}