American Federation of Government Employees, Afl-Cio, Local 1592 v. Federal Labor Relations Authority

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Appellant American Federation of Government Employees (the Federation) contests the decision of the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) to dismiss its negotiability appeal for failure to serve the “head of agency” as required by statute. See 5 U.S.C. § 7117(c)(2)(B). We have jurisdiction under 5 U.S.C. § 7123(a) and affirm. 1

I. Background

FLRA is charged with making negotiability determinations, that is, deciding whether a federal agency is obligated to bargain with a union over a particular proposal. Here, the Federation sought a determination of whether the Hill…