To initiate an appeal of a final agency decision pursuant to § 604.1, an employee shall file a Petition for Appeal with the Office.
To initiate an appeal of a safe-sensitive designation pursuant to § 604.3, an employee shall file a Petition for Appeal of a Safety-sensitive Designation with the Office.
The date of filing for any submission shall be the date the Office time stamps on the document.
The filing of a Petition for Appeal, Petition for Appeal of a Safety-sensitive Designation, or Petition for Review must be made by personal delivery at the Office during business hours, or by mail addressed to the Office. Faxed or emailed petitions will not be accepted.
The filing of a Petition for Appeal, Petition for Appeal of a Safety-sensitive Designation, or Petition for Review must include one (1) original and two (2) copies of the submission. A Petition for Appeal or Petition for Appeal of a Safety-sensitive Designation and shall include any documents or information required by § 609.
The pages of any pleading, motion, exhibit or witness list, or any written submission, filed with the Office must be, to the extent feasible, consecutively numbered from beginning to end, including any attachments.
Except as provided in §§ 608.4 and 608.5, the filing of any pleading, motion, exhibit or witness list, or any written submission with the Office, shall be made as prescribed in § 608.8 unless the Administrative Judge directs otherwise.
Except as provided in §§ 608.4 and 608.5, a party must submit two (2) hard copies of any pleading, motion, exhibit or witness list, discovery response, or any written submission, either by mail or hand-delivery to the Office. The copies must be received by the Office on or before the prescribed deadline.
Except for a Petition for Appeal or Petition for Appeal of a Safety-sensitive Designation, the parties shall serve on each other one (1) copy of each document filed with the Office. A party may affect service by mailing or by personally delivering to each party a copy of the document submitted to the Office. For appeals filed pursuant to § 604.3, a party may affect service by electronically mailing a copy of the document to each party. Each document must be accompanied by a certificate of service specifying how, when, and on whom service was made.
The parties are responsible for submitting to the Office, in writing, any change in contact information, including the party's name, address, email address, or phone number. A party may submit written notice of a change in contact information to the Office by hand-delivery or by mail.
Filings containing Personal Identifiable Information (PII) as defined in § 699, must be redacted prior to being filed with the Office.
The party filing the document is solely responsible for ensuring that PII is redacted. The Office is not responsible for redacting PII.
The Office shall not be responsible for monitoring the disclosure of PII in the record.
Unless otherwise ordered by the Administrative Judge, a party or nonparty filer should not include PII in documents submitted to the Office.
A party filing any document containing their own PII waives any privacy protection by filing the information without redaction.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 6, r. 6-B608