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57 FLRA No. 194
U. S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and AFGE, Local 1923 (Jaffe, Arbitrator), 0-AR-3497 (Decided July 9, 2002)
The Authority concluded that the Agency's exceptions were interlocutory and that immediate review was not warranted. The Authority explained that section 2429.11 of its regulations provides that it ordinarily will not consider interlocutory appeals. In arbitration cases, this means that ordinarily, the Authority will not resolve exceptions filed to an arbitration award unless the award constitutes a complete resolution of all of the issues submitted to arbitration. In other words, the Authority ordinarily will not resolve exceptions to an arbitration award until the arbitrator has issued a final decision on the entire proceeding.