---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 6101.21"
title: "48"
number: "6101.21"
heading: "Hearing procedures [Rule 21]."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/6101.21"
---

# §6101.21. Hearing procedures [Rule 21].

- (a) **Generally.** The Board generally holds hearings in public hearing rooms. Except as necessary under a protective order or in camera procedures, hearings are open to the public. The Board entrusts the conduct of hearings to the discretion of the presiding judge.
- (b) **Witnesses, evidence, other exhibits.** A party that intends to offer testimony, other evidence, or other material for the record at a hearing shall arrange for the witness, evidence, or other material to be present in the hearing room. The Board may in its discretion allow testimony by telephone or video.
- (c) **Exclusion of witnesses.** The Board may exclude witnesses from a hearing, other than one designated representative for each party or a person authorized by statute to be present, so that witnesses are not influenced by the testimony of other witnesses.
- (d) **Sworn testimony.** Hearing witnesses shall testify under oath or affirmation. If a person called as a witness refuses to so swear or affirm, the Board may receive the person's testimony under penalty of making a materially false statement in a Federal proceeding under [18 U.S.C. 1001](/usc/18/1001.md). Alternatively, the Board may disallow the testimony and may draw inferences from the person's refusal to swear or affirm.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 7101-7109; 5 U.S.C. 504.

### Source

Source: 83 FR 41010, Aug. 17, 2018, unless otherwise noted.