Fair hearing procedures
Compiled text through May 15, 2022
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
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- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- May 15, 2022
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
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- No later Register activity identified in this check.
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- Jun 6, 2026
(a)Technical rules of evidence followed in a court of law shall not be followed, but evidence must be relevant and material.
(b)Irrelevant and unduly repetitious testimony and cross-examination may be excluded at the discretion of the hearing officer.
(c)The appellant shall have the burden of showing that its determination after reconsideration was incorrect.
(d)Records and documents in the possession of the contractor may be admitted as complete photocopies; however, the originals shall be available to the appellant or his/her representative for inspection at the direction of the hearing officer.
(e)The decision must be supported by and in accordance with substantial evidence.