The author discusses the distinctions, in discovery, between computer-based evidence and traditional paper documents, and includes computer system discovery checklist, and means for preserving the chain of custody.

A fact-based and scenario based discussion of how evidentiary and procedural issues have been expeditiously addressed by arbitrators before, during and after the hearing.

“The employment relationships in the federal service, and the collective bargaining agreements under the CSRA and the predecessor Executive Orders which permitted them, are so controlled and affected by various…