Who testifies at a hearing?
The parties should present at a hearing only witnesses who have personal knowledge of the matters as to which they are to testify. The DAB Appellate Division expects a party to make its employees available where necessary to the DAB’s inquiry and to cooperate with the other party to obtain the participation of other relevant witnesses. In the course of preparing for a hearing, the DAB will make rulings on objections made by a party with regard to the presentation of particular witnesses. A party’s witnesses should, in general, know the record and be prepared to explain how it supports that party’s case, or should have specific factual information to provide. In appropriate cases, the DAB will require the direct testimony of some or all witnesses to be submitted in written form in advance of the in-person portion of a hearing. In such cases, the witness must be made available for in-person cross-examination, if requested by the opposing party. Note that recently-published Head Start reg
