[United States Government Manual]
[May 31, 1996]
[Pages 577-579]
[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
  Chief of Staff                                 Anita Lacy Boles
Vice Chair                                       Beth S. Slavet
  Chief Counsel                                  Ella B. Chattersee
  Counsels to the Vice Chair                     Alexia McCaskill, 
                                                     Marilyn Park
Member                                           Antonio C. Amador
  Chief Counsel                                  Victor Cabral
  Executive Assistant                            Luben Montoya
  Counsel                                        Alan Forst
Office of the Chairman:                            

  Chief Administrative Law Judge                 Paul G. Streb
  Director, Office of Appeals                    Stephen E. Alpern
      Counsel
  Director, Office of Regional                   Darrell L. Netherton
      Operations
  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                                Mary L. Jennings
    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.                                                                      
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, 202-653-7124. TDD, 
202-653-8896.