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B-202156 1 (1981-09-03)

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              COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
                       WASHINGTON D.C. 20548

B-202156                           -
                                 September 3, 1981

The Honorable Don Edwards
House of Representatives

Dear Mr. Edwards:

     This responds to your letter, with enclosures,  of Janu-
ary 29, 1981, in which you requested that we  review the
material submitted by your constituent, Mr. Ralph A.  Perrigo.
We delayed our review of this matter until now  at Mr. Perrigo's
request in order to allow him to submit additional  information.
Mrs. Irene Webber of your San Jose District Office  was advised
of this delay.

     After review of all the material submitted by Mr.  Perrigo
we must inform you that the matters raised by  his letter to
you are not matters over which the General Accounting-Office
has authority.  However, we are providing  the following infor-
mation to assist you in responding to him.

     Mr. Perrigo suggested in his letter  to you which you
forwarded to us that a labor relations specialist  at the
General Accounting Office could validate his  charges of
unfair labor practices by the Defense Logistics  Agency.
This Office does not have authority  to investigate unfair
labor practices.  However, Mr. Perrigo's complaints  do not
involve matters normally considered unfair  labor practices.
See 5 U.S.C. 7116.  Instead he is concerned with personnel
matters involving grievances, classification,  and promotion
issues.  All of these are matters which are within  the juris-
diction of the Office of Personnel Management  (OPM) and the
Merit Systems Protection Board.  It  further appears that
Mr. Perrigo has contacted both of these  agencies but has
been unable to provide them sufficient  information or
evidence for his complaints to be  favorably considered.

     Specifically Mr. Perrigo disagrees with  the interpretation
and implementation of OPM regulations  regarding classification
and grievances.  We have been unable to detect  any evidence of
impropriety in the material he submitted.   It appears that
he disagrees with OPM's interpretation of certain  regulations.
For example, in his letter to you he  states that OPM has
adopted an overly broad interpretation of  the limits prescribed
by Title 5, United States Code, 771.304,  attachment 4.
Attachment 4 submitted by Mr. Perrigo  is from Title 5, Code

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