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MSPB making ‘good headway’ through case backlog, acting chairwoman Harris says

MSPB has made decisions on 200 cases after meeting quorum in March. The board now plans to ramp up after reaching its first three-member panel in seven years.

Agency Oversight

After six years, OPM has a permanent inspector general

Workforce Rights/Governance

MSPB can chip away case backlog ‘almost immediately,’ having regained first quorum in 5 years

Workforce

If they're ever confirmed, here's what MSPB members will face

Workforce

Former OPM executives warn of tough path ahead to put NAPA recommendations in action

Tom Temin Commentary

Congress pushes government towards a cliff

Workforce Rights/Governance

Senate forces 'first' for MSPB as the agency loses all members

An F-35C Lightning II test aircraft approaches for a landing aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower of the coast of Norfolk, Va., Friday, Oct. 9, 2015. The aircraft is expected to be deployed with the Navy in 2018. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Federal Newscast

Navy says F-35 is ready for action

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Federal Newscast

Cyber spoofing attack hits Labor, Transportation Departments

In this Aug. 7, 2018, photo, Mark Robbins, the last remaining member of the Merit Systems Protection Board, looks through stacks of legal cases piled up on his desk in Washington office. Robbins reads through federal workplace disputes, analyzes the cases, marks them with notes and logs his legal opinions. He then passes them along to nobody. He’s the only member of a three-member board that legally can’t operate until the president and Congress give him at least one colleague. (AP Photo/Juliet Linderman)

Workforce Rights/Governance

With no quick fix in sight, MSPB careening toward 'unprecedented' scenario Thursday

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Federal Newscast

USPS exploring idea of self-driving mail trucks

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Workforce Rights/Governance

Senate committee clears 2 nominees, but for now leaves MSPB's future hanging by a thread

In this Aug. 7, 2018, photo, Mark Robbins, the last remaining member of the Merit Systems Protection Board, looks through stacks of legal cases piled up on his desk in Washington office. Robbins reads through federal workplace disputes, analyzes the cases, marks them with notes and logs his legal opinions. He then passes them along to nobody. He’s the only member of a three-member board that legally can’t operate until the president and Congress give him at least one colleague. (AP Photo/Juliet Linderman)

Government Shutdown

What it's like to work during a partial government shutdown alone. Literally.

In this Aug. 7, 2018, photo, Mark Robbins, the sole member of the Merit Systems Protection Board, walks through the supply closet, pointing to boxes full of cases, in his office in Washington. Robbins reads through federal workplace disputes, analyzes the cases, marks them with notes and logs his legal opinions. He then passes them along to nobody. He’s the only member of a three-member board that legally can’t operate until the president and Congress give him at least one colleague. (AP Photo/Juliet Linderman)

Federal Drive

MSPB's only member still has to work through partial shutdown

FILE - In this Wednesday Dec. 5, 2012, file photo, soldiers salute the U.S. flag during the Pledge of Allegiance at a welcome home ceremony for soldiers returning from a deployment in Afghanistan, at Fort. Carson, Colo. For veterans, the GI Bill can be the ticket to a debt-free college education. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Federal Newscast

VA makes change to payment method for Forever GI Bill benefits

Ron Johnson

All News

A member-less MSPB more likely as Senate committee fails to clear pending nominees

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Workforce Rights/Governance

For the first time ever, MSPB could face a future with no board members

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FEDtalk

FEDtalk The 40-year history of the Civil Service Reform Act

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Congress

Congress to tackle MSPB quorum, reconsider longer probationary periods this week

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Workforce

Exclusive Trump administration considering major changes to security clearance program

In this image from video provided by Senate Television, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. speaks the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 25, 2017. At 1:29 a.m. on July 28, McCain strode onto the Senate floor. The 80-year-old, just weeks after a diagnosis of aggressive brain cancer, was poised to cast the tiebreaker vote on the GOP’s health care bill, in what was meant to be the fulfillment of seven years of work to undo President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. McCain paused for a moment, and then gave the measure a thumbs-down. Some of his fellow Senators, in the dark on the elder legislator’s plans, gasped. The bill was dead. For an administration that has spent 2017 throwing off headlines at a stunningly dizzying pace, the frenetic fortnight in the second half of July reached an unparalleled breakneck speed. Set amid the backdrop of a president grappling with his deepest insecurities, the West Wing’s breakdown in policy collided with its collapse in personnel and acted as a crucial inflection point for Donald Trump’s first year in office. (Senate Television via AP)

Federal Newscast

Trump's pick to take over CIA faces powerful skeptic in the Senate

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All News

Trump names long-awaited second member to MSPB

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Workforce Rights/Governance

Workforce reductions under government reorg could add to MSPB's burden