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57 FLRA No. 131
American Federation of Government Employees, Local 1346 and Social Security Administration (Steinberg, Arbitrator), 0-AR-3460 (Decided December 26, 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. Here, after careful review of the record, the Authority concluded that the awards were not deficient on the grounds raised in the exceptions and set forth in § 7122(a). The Authority rejected the allegations that the awards were contrary to law or that they failed to draw their essence from the parties' collective bargaining agreement.