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57 FLRA No. 128
AFGE, Local 4055 and United States Dept. of the Army Headquarters, Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C. (Dorman, Arbitrator), 0-AR-3464 (Decided December 17, 2001)
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-management 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 award was deficient as contrary to law. The Authority also rejected the allegations that the award failed to draw its essence from the parties' collective bargaining agreement, or that it was based on a nonfact.