The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) issued an order on March 5 that blocks – at least for 45 days – actions by the Agriculture Department since mid-February to fire nearly 5,700 of the agency’s probationary employees – or employees that generally have less than two years on the job. […]

A Federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s attempted firing of Cathy Harris, the chair of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), after determining that the president “lacks the power” to fire Harris “at will.”   […]

A member of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) stepped down last week, leaving the board with only a narrow quorum to act as its case load quickly mounts following the Trump administration’s moves to quickly reduce the Federal workforce.   […]

An independent Federal board has granted a stay on the firing of some Federal workers who were laid off during their probationary period by the Trump administration after the firings were appealed by the Office of Special Counsel (OSC).   […]

A Federal judge on Tuesday temporarily reinstated the chair of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) who was fired by President Donald Trump. […]

After lacking a quorum of members for more than five years, the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) announced that it has decided 94 percent of its inherited inventory cases. […]

The Senate on March 7 confirmed the nomination of Cathy Ann Harris as chair of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB). The nomination cleared the Senate on a 51-48 vote. […]

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Jan. 17 voted to approve two White House renominations that would bring the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) up to full strength. […]

President Biden this week sent to the Senate two renominations that would fill out the three-member roster of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) and give the board a permanent chair to help it continue efforts to reduce a long-standing backlog of thousands of cases. […]

President Biden on July 3 announced his intent to nominate Henry Kerner as a Republican member of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), whose addition would bring the board’s roster to its full complement of three members. […]

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee today voted 8-4 to favorably report Colleen Shogan’s nomination to the full Senate to be the eleventh archivist for the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). […]

The Senate this week voted to approve two nominees to the three-member Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) – giving the board its first quorum in five years so that it can begin to take action on a big backlog of cases. […]

President Biden announced that two nominations for the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) had been sent to the Senate. If both are confirmed, the board would have a quorum for the first time since 2017. […]

President Biden plans to nominate Geraldine Richmond as Under Secretary for Science at the Department of Energy (DOE), and Cathy Harris as the nominee for Chair of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), the White House announced April 28. […]

The Government Accountability Office released a report Wednesday that says the Federal government needs to provide more reliable data on employee misconduct, and suggested that Federal managers need better training to ensure that inappropriate employee behavior is dealt with appropriately. […]