[United States Government Manual]
[July 01, 1995]
[Pages 600-602]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

1120 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20419
Phone, 202-653-7124
Chairman                                         Benjamin L. Erdreich
  Chief Counsel to the Chairman                  Steven L. Katz
  Counsel to the Chairman                        William B. Wiley
  Legal Specialist to the Chairman               Denise L. Miller
  Executive Assistant to the                     Anita L. Boles
      Chairman
Vice Chairman                                    (vacancy)
  Legal Counsel                                  (vacancy)
  Special Advisor                                (vacancy)
Member                                           Antonio C. Amador
  Chief Counsel                                  Mark Kelleher
  Executive Assistant                            Pedro Vargas
  Counsel                                        Alan Forst
Office of the Chairman:                            

  Chief Administrative Law Judge,                Paul G. Streb
      Office of Regional Operations
  Director, Office of Appeals                    Stephen E. Alpern
      Counsel
  Director, Planning and Resources               Darrell L. Netherton
      Management Services
    Director, Financial and                      Robert W. Lawshe
        Administrative Management
    Director, Information Resources              Barbara B. Wade
        Management
    Director, Human Resources                    Marsha Scialdo Boyd
        Management
  Director, Office of Policy and                 Evangeline W. Swift
      Evaluation
  Clerk of the Board                             Robert E. Taylor
  General Counsel                                Llewellyn M. Fischer
    Deputy General Counsel and                   Mary L. Jennings
        Legislative Counsel
    Deputy Legislative Counsel                   Susan L. Williams
  Director, Office of Equal                      Janice E. Fritts
      Employment Opportunity

[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.


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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.), 
effective January 1, 1979, pursuant to Executive Order 12107 of December 
28, 1978, redesignated part of the Commission as the Merit Systems 
Protection Board. The Board's duties and authority are specified in 5 
U.S.C. 1201-1206.

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, GA......................  401 W. Peachtree St. NW.,   Thomas J. Lanphear...............    404-730-2751
                                    30308.                                                                      
Chicago, IL......................  31st Fl., 230 S. Dearborn   Martin W. Baumgaertner...........    312-353-2923
                                    St., 60604.                                                                 
Dallas, TX.......................   Rm. 6F20, 1100 Commerce    Paula A. Latshaw.................    214-767-0555
                                    St., 75242.                                                                 
Falls Church, VA (Washington       Suite 1109, 5203 Leesburg   P.J. Winzer......................    703-756-6250
 Regional Office).                  Pike, 22041.                                                                
Philadelphia, PA.................  Rm. 501, 2d and Chestnut    Lonnie L. Crawford, Jr...........    215-597-9960
                                    Sts., 19106.                                                                
San Francisco, CA................  Rm. 2800, 525 Market St.,   Denis Marachi....................    415-774-3081
                                    94105.                                                                      
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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.                                                                     
Denver, CO........................  Suite 100, 12567 W. Cedar    Joseph H. Hartman..............    303-969-5101
                                     Dr., Lakewood, CO 80228.                                                   
New York, NY......................  Rm. 3137, 26 Federal Plz.,   Sean P. Walsh..................    212-264-9372
                                     10278.                                                                     
Seattle, WA.......................  Rm. 1840, 915 2d Ave.,       Carl Berkenwald................    206-220-7975
                                     98174.                                                                     
St. Louis, MO.....................  Suite 410, 911 Washington    Jack Salyer, Acting............    314-425-4295
                                     Ave., 63101.                                                               
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For further information, contact the Merit Systems Protection Board, 
1120 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20419. Phone, 202-653-7124.

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