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    <AgencyName>Merit Systems Protection Board</AgencyName>
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        <Address>1615 M Street NW., Fifth Floor, Washington, DC 20419</Address>
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          <Footer>[For the Merit Systems Protection Board statement of organization, see the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 5, Part 1200]</Footer>
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            <NameColumnValue>Susan Tsui Grundmann</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Anne Wagner</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Mark A. Robbins</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>James M. Eisenmann</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>William D. Spencer</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Kevin Nash</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Tommy Hwang</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Susan M. Swafford</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Jerry Beat</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>James M. Read</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Deborah Miron</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Bryan G. Polisuk</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Rosalyn L. Coates</NameColumnValue>
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        <Paragraph MissionStatmentId="81" SortOrder="1">The Merit Systems Protection Board protects the integrity of the Federal personnel merit systems and the rights of Federal employees.</Paragraph>
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              <Paragraph>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.) redesignated part of the Commission as the Merit Systems Protection Board. The Board is comprised of three members appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate.</Paragraph>
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              <Paragraph>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, denial of periodic step increases in pay, actions against administrative law judges, and charges of prohibited personnel practices, including charges in connection with whistleblowing.</Paragraph>
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              <Paragraph>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.</Paragraph>
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              <Paragraph>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 workforce is being adequately protected against political abuses and prohibited personnel practices.</Paragraph>
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                <WebAddress>http://www.mspb.gov/contact/contact.htm</WebAddress>
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              <Paragraph>For a complete list of Merit Systems Protection Board offices, use the Quick Link below.</Paragraph>
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      <Footer>For further information, contact the Merit Systems Protection Board, 1615 M Street NW., Washington, DC 20419. Phone, 202-653-7200 or 800-209-8960. TDD, 800-877-8339. Fax, 202-653-7130.</Footer>
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