Merit Systems Protection Board

E70325

independent federal agency quasi-judicial agency

The Merit Systems Protection Board is an independent U.S. federal agency that adjudicates disputes involving federal civil service employment, including appeals of personnel actions and whistleblower retaliation claims.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	independent federal agency ⓘ quasi-judicial agency ⓘ
adjudicates	appeals of certain Office of Personnel Management regulations ⓘ appeals of certain retirement benefit decisions ⓘ appeals of demotions of federal employees ⓘ appeals of furloughs of federal employees ⓘ appeals of performance-based actions against federal employees ⓘ appeals of reduction-in-force actions ⓘ appeals of removals of federal employees ⓘ appeals of suitability determinations for federal employment ⓘ appeals of suspensions of federal employees ⓘ individual right of action appeals in whistleblower cases ⓘ
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
boardMembersConfirmedBy	United States Senate ⓘ
boardMembersTermLength	7 years ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Office of Personnel Management ⓘ
conducts	special studies of the civil service ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
decisionsReviewableBy	United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ
ensures	merit-based federal employment decisions ⓘ protection for federal whistleblowers ⓘ
establishedBy	Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 ⓘ
excludesFromJurisdiction	certain high-level political appointees ⓘ most employees of intelligence agencies ⓘ most members of the uniformed services ⓘ
governedBy	three-member bipartisan Board ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	most executive branch federal employees ⓘ
hasComponent	Board members ⓘ administrative judges ⓘ regional and field offices ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
issues	final Board decisions on petitions for review ⓘ initial decisions through administrative judges ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal civil service ⓘ
legalBasis	Title 5 of the United States Code ⓘ
legalMandate	guard against prohibited personnel practices ⓘ protect the merit system principles ⓘ
oversees	Office of Personnel Management (selected actions) ⓘ
primaryFunction	adjudicate federal employee appeals of personnel actions ⓘ adjudicate whistleblower retaliation claims by federal employees ⓘ conduct studies of the federal civil service ⓘ review significant actions of the Office of Personnel Management ⓘ
protects	federal employees from prohibited personnel practices ⓘ federal merit system principles ⓘ
relatedTo	Office of Special Counsel ⓘ
replaced	United States Civil Service Commission (adjudicatory functions) ⓘ
reportsTo	President of the United States ⓘ United States Congress ⓘ
website	https://www.mspb.gov/ ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit → appealsFrom → Merit Systems Protection Board ⓘ

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (civil enforcement in certain contexts) → enforcedBy → Merit Systems Protection Board ⓘ

subject surface form: Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act

United States Civil Service → oversightBy → Merit Systems Protection Board ⓘ