{"id":15975,"date":"2019-05-08T17:15:44","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T17:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/05\/08\/bill-proposes-a-stopgap-for-fed-appeals-board-vacancies\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:43:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:43:32","slug":"bill-proposes-a-stopgap-for-fed-appeals-board-vacancies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2019\/05\/08\/bill-proposes-a-stopgap-for-fed-appeals-board-vacancies\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill proposes a stopgap for fed appeals board vacancies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Merit Systems Protection Board, which hears appeals on federal employee personnel actions, has gone without a quorum since January 2017 and without a single member <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/leadership\/2018\/12\/21\/last-remaining-mspb-member-to-become-opm-general-counsel\/\" target=\"_blank\">since March 1, 2019.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Reps. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., and Elijah Cummings, D-Md., are seeking to make sure that a vacant board doesn\u2019t prevent federal employee whistleblowers from receiving the kinds of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/2019\/02\/28\/who-will-handle-federal-employee-appeals-now\/\" target=_blank>protections that MSPB is usually able to offer them<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Interim Stay Authority to Protect Whistleblowers Act would delegate temporary authority to stay questionable personnel actions brought against whistleblowers to MSPB general counsel. That authority would expire the moment a board member is confirmed by the Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis was a completely avoidable crisis. Whistleblowers shouldn\u2019t be held hostage by the failures of the political system. 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