Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (United States)

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

Agency overview
Formed	June 23, 1947
Preceding agency	United States Conciliation Service
Jurisdiction	Federal government of the United States
Headquarters	Washington, D.C.
Employees	218 employees including 156 federal mediators (2019) [1]
Agency executives	Vacant, Director Gregory Goldstein, Acting Director and Chief Operating Officer Scot Beckenbaugh, National Representative
Website	www.fmcs.gov

The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS), founded in 1947, is an independent agency of the United States government, and the nation's largest public agency for dispute resolution and conflict management, providing mediation services and related conflict prevention and resolution services in the private, public, and federal sectors. FMCS is tasked with mediating labor disputes around the country; it provides training and relationship development programs for management and unions as part of its role in promoting labor-management peace and cooperation. The Agency also provides mediation, conflict prevention, and conflict management services outside the labor context for federal agencies and the programs they operate. The FMCS headquarters is located in Washington, D.C., with other offices across the country.