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59 FLRA No. 66
NAGE, Local R1-144, FUSE and U. S. Dept. of the Navy, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport, Newport, Rhode Island (Dorr, Arbitrator) 0-AR-3668 (Decided November 7, 2003)
Under § 7122(a) of the Statute, an award is deficient if it is contrary to any law, rule, or regulation; or it is deficient on other grounds similar to those applied by federal courts in private sector labor relations. After reviewing the record in this case, the Authority concluded that the award was not deficient on the grounds raised in the exceptions and set forth in § 7122(a). The Authority rejected the allegations that the arbitrator exceeded his authority , that the award was based on a nonfact, or that it failed to draw its essence from the parties' collective bargaining agreement.