# Federal Register #2026-20091

National Mediation Board seeks comments on three labor-arbitration information collections

**Buyer:** National Mediation Board
**Posted:** October 01, 2026
**Respond By:** December 01, 2026
**Identifier:** 2026-20091

The National Mediation Board is seeking public feedback on reinstating three information collections used in labor-dispute resolution.
- **Government buyer:** National Mediation Board (NMB); no sub-agency or office is specified.
- **Information collections:** Request for Arbitration Panel for Airline System Boards of Adjustment; Arbitration Services—Personal Data Sheet; and Request for Public Law (PL) Board Member.
- **Purpose:** The collections support providing arbitrator panels, maintaining an arbitrator roster, and appointing representatives or neutral members to Public Law Boards for airline and railroad labor disputes.
- **Notable change and requested feedback:** The reinstatement includes a non-substantive update to the NMB headquarters address. The NMB seeks feedback on the collections’ necessity, estimated reporting burden, information quality and usefulness, and ways to reduce respondent burden.
- **Procurement scope:** This is a public-comment notice, not a procurement request; no products, contracted services, quantities, or part numbers are specified.

### Description

The National Mediation Board invites public comments on reinstating, with a non-substantive change, three previously approved information collections under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The collections cover requests for an arbitration panel for airline system boards of adjustment, an arbitration services personal data sheet, and requests for Public Law Board members. The change concerns the NMB’s Washington, DC headquarters address, effective August 1, 2026. Comments are due November 30, 2026.

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