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MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Fifth Floor, 1615 M Street NW., Washington, DC 20419
Phone, 202-653-7124. Internet, www.mspb.gov.
Chair Beth S. Slavet, Acting
Chief of Staff Terry Vann
Vice Chair (vacancy)
Member Susanne T. Marshall
Office of the Chairman:
Chief Administrative Law Judge Paul G. Streb
Director, Financial and Robert W. Lawshe
Administrative Management
Director, Information Resources Barbara B. Wade
Management
Director, Office of Appeals Counsel Stephen E. Alpern
Director, Office of Equal Employment Janice E. Pirkle
Opportunity
Director, Office of Policy and John Palguta
Evaluation
Director, Office of Regional Darrell L. Netherton
Operations
General Counsel Mary L. Jennings
[For the Merit Systems Protection Board statement of organization, see
the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 5, Part 1200]
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The Merit Systems Protection Board protects the integrity of Federal
merit systems and the rights of Federal employees working in the
systems. In overseeing the personnel practices of the Federal
Government, the Board conducts special studies of the merit systems,
hears and decides charges of wrongdoing and employee appeals of adverse
agency actions, and orders corrective and disciplinary actions when
appropriate.
The Merit Systems Protection Board is a successor agency to the United
States Civil Service Commission, established by act of January 16, 1883
(22 Stat. 403). Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. app.)
redesignated part of the
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Commission as the Merit Systems Protection Board.
Activities
The Board has responsibility for hearing and adjudicating appeals by
Federal employees of adverse personnel actions, such as removals,
suspensions, and demotions. It also resolves cases involving
reemployment rights, the denial of periodic step increases in pay,
actions against administrative law judges, and charges of prohibited
personnel practices, including charges in connection with
whistleblowing. The Board has the authority to enforce its decisions and
to order corrective and disciplinary actions. An employee or applicant
for employment involved in an appealable action that also involves an
allegation of discrimination may ask the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission to review a Board decision. Final decisions and orders of the
Board can be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit.
The Board reviews regulations issued by the Office of Personnel
Management and has the authority to require agencies to cease compliance
with any regulation that could constitute a prohibited personnel
practice. It also conducts special studies of the civil service and
other executive branch merit systems and reports to the President and
the Congress on whether the Federal work force is being adequately
protected against political abuses and prohibited personnel practices.
Regional Offices--Merit Systems Protection Board
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Region Address Director Telephone
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Atlanta Regional Office.......... 401 W. Peachtree St. NW., Thomas J. Lanphear............... 404-730-2751
30308.
Central Regional Office.......... 31st Fl., 230 S. Dearborn Martin W. Baumgaertner........... 312-353-2923
St., Chicago, IL 60604.
Northeastern Regional Office..... Rm. 501, 2d & Chestnut Lonnie L. Crawford, Jr........... 215-597-9960
Sts., Philadelphia, PA
19106.
Washington Regional Office....... Suite 1109, 5203 Leesburg P.J. Winzer...................... 703-756-6250
Pike, Falls Church, VA
22041.
Western Regional Office.......... 4th Fl., 250 Montgomery Denis Marachi.................... 415-705-2935
St., San Francisco, CA
94104.
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Field Offices--Merit Systems Protection Board
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Region Address Chief Administrative Judge Telephone
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Boston, MA........................ Suite 1810, 99 Summer St., William Carroll................ 617-424-5700
02110.
Dallas, TX........................ Rm. 6F20, 1100 Commerce Sharon Jackson................. 214-767-0555
St., 75242.
Denver, CO........................ Suite 100, 12567 W. Cedar Joseph H. Hartman.............. 303-969-5101
Dr., Lakewood, CO 80228.
New York, NY...................... Rm. 3137A, 26 Federal Plz., Arthur Joseph.................. 212-264-9372
10278.
Seattle, WA....................... Rm. 1840, 915 2d Ave., Carl Berkenwald................ 206-220-7975
98174.
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For further information, contact the Merit Systems Protection Board,
1120 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20419. Phone, 202-653-7200 or
800-209-8960. TDD, 202-653-8896. Fax, 202-653-7130. Internet,
www.mspb.gov.
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