    [United States Government Manual]
    [May 30, 1997]
    [Pages 578-580]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    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. Chatterjee
        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
        Clerk of the Board                            Robert E. Taylor
        Director, Financial and                       Robert W. Lawshe
                Administrative Management
        Director, Human Resources Management          Marsha Scialdo Boyd
        Director, Information Resources               Barbara B. Wade
                Management
        Director, Office of Appeals Counsel           Stephen E. Alpern
        Director, Office of Equal Employment          Janice E. Fritts
                Opportunity
        Director, Office of Policy and                John Palguta, Acting
                Evaluation
        Director, Office of Regional                  Darrell L. Netherton
                Operations
        General Counsel                               Mary L. Jennings
            Legislative Counsel                       Susan L. Williams

    [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.),
    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

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    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.

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