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This Decision concerns a Complaint filed by Richard L. Urie (hereinafter referred to as “Mr. Urie” or “the Complainant”) against Los Alamos National Laboratory (hereinafter referred to as “LANL” or “the Respondent”), his former employer, under the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Contractor Employee Protection Program regulations found at 10 C.F.R. Part 708. At all times relevant to this proceeding, LANL was a DOE contractor operating in Los Alamos, New Mexico.

This Decision concerns a Complaint filed by Richard L. Urie (hereinafter referred to as “Mr. Urie” or “the Complainant”) against Los Alamos National Laboratory (hereinafter referred to as “LANL” or “the Respondent”), his former employer, under the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Contractor Employee Protection Program regulations found at 10 C.F.R. Part 708. At all times relevant to this proceeding, LANL was a DOE contractor operating in Los Alamos, New Mexico.

Fred Hua (the complainant), appeals the dismissal of his complaint of retaliation filed under 10 C.F.R. Part 708, the Department of Energy (DOE) Contractor Employee Protection Program. The complaint was filed on January 22, 2008, and was dismissed on March 18, 2008. As explained below, the dismissal of the complaint should be sustained, and the appeal denied.

Pending before me is a consolidated Motion to Compel Discovery filed with the Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) on behalf of Jonathan K. Strausbaugh and Richard L. Rieckenberg (the complainants) by their attorney. This Motion relates to a hearing requested by the complainants under the Department of Energy’s Contractor Employee Protection Program, 10 C.F.R. Part 708 (Part 708), in connection with the Part 708 complaints they filed against KSL Services, Inc. (KSL). The OHA has assigned Mr. Strausbaugh’s and Mr. Rieckenberg’s hearing requests Case Nos.

Pending before me is a consolidated Motion to Compel Discovery filed with the Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) on behalf of Jonathan K. Strausbaugh and Richard L. Rieckenberg (the complainants) by their attorney. This Motion relates to a hearing requested by the complainants under the Department of Energy’s Contractor Employee Protection Program, 10 C.F.R. Part 708 (Part 708), in connection with the Part 708 complaints they filed against KSL Services, Inc. (KSL). The OHA has assigned Mr. Strausbaugh’s and Mr. Rieckenberg’s hearing requests Case Nos.

This letter concerns the complaint of retaliation that you filed with the Department of Energy (DOE) under 10 C.F.R. Part 708. On August 20, 2007, the Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) received your petition for Secretarial review of the July 16, 2007, jurisdictional appeal decision issued by the OHA Acting Director. You filed a statement of arguments in support of your position on September 4, 2007.

This letter concerns the Complaint of Retaliation that you filed with the Department of Energy (DOE) under 10 C.F.R. Part 708. On October 10, 2007, the Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) received your petition for Secretarial review of the August 30, 2007, jurisdictional appeal decision issued by the OHA Deputy Director. Under the Part 7 0 8 regulations, the Secretary will reverse or revise an appeal decision by the OHA only in extraordinary circumstances. 10 C.F.R. § 708.19.

This letter concerns the complaint of retaliation filed with the Department of Energy (DOE) under 10 C.F.R. Part 708 by Curtis Broaddus. On October 3, 2007, the Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) received your petition for Secretarial review of the August 29, 2007, Appeal Decision issued by the OHA Acting Director.

This Decision considers two Appeals of an Initial Agency Decision (IAD) issued on March 15, 2007, by a Hearing Officer in the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA). The IAD addressed the merits of a whistleblower complaint filed by Curtis Hall against his former employer, Bechtel National, Inc. (BNI), under the Department of Energy’s Contractor Employee Protection Program, 10 C.F.R. Part 708. See Curtis Hall, 29 DOE ¶ 87,022 (2007). In his complaint, Mr.

This Decision considers three Appeals of an Initial Agency Decision (IAD) issued on July 11, 2003, involving a complaint filed by Gary S. Vander Boegh under the Department of Energy (DOE) Contractor Employee Protection Program, 10 C.F.R. Part 708.