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United States Merit Systems Protection Board

A progress report from the Merit Systems Protection Board

It’s been one year since the three-member Merit Systems Protection Board had a quorum, after several years without one. A big challenge for the board was…

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5 years later, MSPB releases results of federal sexual harassment study

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The MSPB grinds through that haystack of an appeals backlog

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Now that it has a quorum, a progress report from the Merit Systems Protection Board

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

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A federal employment attorney assesses the impact of having a Merit Systems Protection Board

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There’s an MSPB. Now what?

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

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Night falls at the the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, with the deadline to fund the government approaching. Republicans in the Senate are poised to stall a must-pass funding bill as they force a debate on rolling back the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandates for some workers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Federal employee disputes sit in limbo as MSPB nominees await confirmation

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The Senate and the MSPB: It’s a scandal!

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Chairman Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., speaks during a Senate Governmental Affairs Committee hybrid nominations hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 22, 2021, to consider the nominees for Postal Service Governors Anton Hajjar, Amber McReynolds, and Ronald Stroman, along with Kiran Ahuja, the nominee to be Office of Personnel Management Director. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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After years of historic absences, Biden’s MSPB nominees face their first test

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Biden taps MSPB acting executive as final nominee to fill the board

An aide for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee said the panel is planning to hold a hearing on the Merit Systems Protection…

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How one small agency is grappling with the concept of ‘reopening’

As some agencies have called their employees back to the office in recent weeks, one small agency is taking its time.

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Lack of quorum hits 3-year mark at MSPB, with no clear end in sight

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With the nominees to restore a quorum at the Merit Systems Protection Board still sitting quietly in the Senate, disagreement has begun over who’s to blame for the historic absences at the board. In an exclusive report, Federal News Network explored different sides of the debate.