---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 2427.5"
title: "5"
number: "2427.5"
heading: "Standards governing issuance of general statements of policy or guidance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/2427.5"
---

# §2427.5. Standards governing issuance of general statements of policy or guidance.


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

- (a) Whether the question presented can more appropriately be resolved by other means;
- (b) Where other means are available, whether an Authority 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 Federal 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 Authority of a general statement of policy or guidance on the question would promote constructive and cooperative labor-management relationships in the Federal service and would otherwise promote the purposes of the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 7134.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 3516, Jan. 17, 1980, unless otherwise noted.