---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 1427.5"
title: "22"
number: "1427.5"
heading: "Standards governing issuance of general statements of policy or guidance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/1427.5"
---

# §1427.5. Standards governing issuance of general statements of policy or guidance.


In deciding whether to issue a general statement of policy or guidance, the Board shall consider:

- (a) Whether the question presented can more appropriately be resolved by other means;
- (b) Where other means are available, whether a Board statement would prevent the proliferation of cases involving the same or similar question;
- (c) Whether the resolution of the question presented would have general applicability under the Foreign Service Labor-Management Relations Statute.
- (d) Whether the question currently confronts parties in the context of a labor-management relationship;
- (e) Whether the question is presented jointly by the parties involved; and
- (f) Whether the issuance by the Board of a general statement of policy or guidance on the question would promote constructive and cooperative labor-management relationships in the Foreign Service and would otherwise promote the purposes of the Foreign Service Labor-Management Relations Statute.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 22 U.S.C. 4107(c).

### Source

Source: 46 FR 45875, Sept. 15, 1981, unless otherwise noted.