MODIFICATION OF RULES ON CONFIDENTIALITY OF PROCEEDINGS.

SEC. 114. MODIFICATION OF RULES ON CONFIDENTIALITY OF PROCEEDINGS. (a) Mediation.—Section 416(b) (2 U.S.C. 1416(b)) is amended by striking “All mediation” and inserting “All information discussed or disclosed in the course of any mediation”. (b) Claims.—Section 416 (2 U.S.C. 1416), as amended by section 112 and subsection (a) of this section, is further amended— (1) by striking subsection (a); (2) by redesignating subsections (b) through (f) as subsections (a) through (e), respectively; (3) in subsection (b), as redesignated by paragraph (2) of this subsection, by striking “subsections (d), (e), and (f)” and inserting “subsections (c), (d), and (e)”; and (4) by adding at the end the following: “(f) Claims.—Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit a covered employee from disclosing the factual allegations underlying the covered employee’s claim, or to prohibit an employing office from disclosing the factual allegations underlying the employing office’s defense to the claim, in the course of any proceeding under this title.” .