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U.S. Merit System Protection Board Plagued by Structural Defects

Ana PopovichbyAna Popovich
July 10, 2020
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U.S. Merit System Protection Board Plagued by Structural Defects
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Problems at the U.S. Merit System Protection Board (MSPB), recently highlighted by CBS News’ 60 Minutes, are only part of the problem with the troubled federal agency. The 60 Minutes report focused on the Board’s lack of quorum since January 2017, and that it is now completely vacant on account of a nomination holdup in the Senate.

The MSPB is the sole venue to adjudicate whistleblower complaints and anti-retaliation claims brought by federal employees. In its current state, whistleblower claims are in limbo, and the federal government is missing its key defense against corruption in the federal government.

A recent article about the Board argues that, even if it were “fully functional, the MSPB is plagued by structural issues that make it entirely inadequate for assessing whistleblower tips and weeding out the fraudulent activity and personnel that inspire their complaints.” Noting that only three percent of federal employees win cases before the MSPB.

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The structural defect inherent in the Board is that it is politicized as it must have three members appointed by the President, not more than two of whom may be adherents of the same political party. “A federal whistleblower is at a huge disadvantage when it comes to enjoying their constitutionally guaranteed right to due process. Instead, federal employees’ claims, and often their livelihoods, are left to the whims of a single administrative law judge or the three-person panel MSPB.

The author argues granting federal whistleblowers access to justice in federal court would fix this defect.

Read the article: The U.S. Merit System Protection Board: At Best Politicized and at Worst Non-Existent.

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Ana Popovich is a contributing editor with Whistleblower Network News, where she writes about breaking whistleblower news, healthcare fraud whistleblowers, and Covid-19 fraud whistleblowers. Ana has a B.A. in English from Georgetown University. While at Georgetown, she was the marketing chair of an affinity group and wrote content for the McDonough School of Business’ Business for Impact program. In 2018, Popovich was a public interest legal intern at the whistleblower law firm Kohn, Kohn and Colapinto. 

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