---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 2471.7"
title: "5"
number: "2471.7"
heading: "Preliminary factfinding procedures."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/2471.7"
---

# §2471.7. Preliminary factfinding procedures.


When the Panel determines that a factfinding hearing is necessary under [§ 2471.6](/cfr/5/2471.6.md), and it appoints one or more of its designees to conduct such hearing, it will issue and serve upon each of the parties a notice of hearing and a notice of prehearing conference, if any. The notice will state:

- (a) The names of the parties to the dispute;
- (b) The date, time, place, type, and purpose of the hearing;
- (c) The date, time, place, and purpose of the prehearing conference, if any;
- (d) The name of the designated representatives appointed by the Panel;
- (e) The issues to be resolved; and
- (f) The method, if any, by which the hearing shall be recorded.

## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 3520, Jan. 17, 1980, as amended at 48 FR 19694, May 2, 1983; 61 FR 41295, Aug. 8, 1996]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 7119, 7134.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 3520, Jan. 17, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[45 FR 3520, Jan. 17, 1980, as amended at 48 FR 19694, May 2, 1983; 61 FR 41295, Aug. 8, 1996]