...employee, former employee, or applicant. (5) In addition to any authority granted under paragraph (1), the Special Counsel may, in the absence of an allegation,...grounds to believe that a prohibited personnel practice (or a pattern of prohibited personnel practices) has occurred, exists, or is to be taken. (bXIXAXi)...

...procedure. (5 USC 1206(e)). (c) In the absence of an allegation, the Special Counsel is authorized to conduct an investigation for the purpose of determining...reasonable grounds to believe that a prohibited personnel pratice has occurred, exists, or is to be taken. (d) To conduct an investigation for the purpose of...

...procedure. (5 USC 1206(e)). (c) In the absence of an allegation, the Special Counsel is authorized to conduct an investigation for the purpose of determining...reasonable grounds to believe that a prohibited personnel pratice has occurred, exists, or is to be taken. (d) To conduct an investigation for the purpose of...

...General Counsel responsibility for conducting investigations, in the absence of a formal allegation, for the purpose of determining whether there are reasonable grounds to believe that a violation of 31 USC 732(f)(2) exists. For these purposes the provisions of I 28.17(b) shall apply....

...General Counsel responsibility for conducting investigations, in the absence of a formal allegation, for the purpose of determining whether there are reasonable grounds to believe that a violation of 31 USC 732(f)(2) exists. For these purposes the provisions of § 28.17(b) shall apply....

...statement notifying the complainant of the termination of the investigation and the res-sons therefor. (d) The Special Counsel may, in the absence of an allegation,...determining whether there are reasonable grounds to believe a practice has occurred, exists, or is to be taken, over which he or she has investigative and/ or...

...statement notifying the complainant of the termination of the investigation and the reasons therefor. (d) The Special Counsel may, in the absence of an allegation,...determining whether there are reasonable grounds to believe a practice haa occurred, exists, or is to be taken, over which he or ahe has investigative and/ or...

...Special Counsel's finding with respect to those disputed facts which tend to support a finding that there are reasonable grounds to believe that a prohibited personnel practice has taken place. It was the conclusion of the Board that this limited review carries out the Congressional...

...employee, former employee, or applicant. (5) In addition to any authority granted under paragraph (1), the Special Counsel may, in the absence of an allegation,...grounds to believe that a prohibited personnel practice (or a pattern of prohibited personnel practices) has occurred, exists, or is to be taken. (bXD(AXi)...

...time in the stay process, the Board must affirmatively concur in the Special Counsel's conclusion that there are reasonable grounds to believe that a prohibited personnel practice has occurred, In re Kass, 2 MSPB 251, 261 (1980), and it must base its conclusion on something more than bare allegations....