Reform

Reforming Whistleblower Protections

  1. The Big Picture
    1. Prescription for Reform
  2. MSPB – Miscellaneous
    1. Special Studies function is not properly executed
    2. Judicial bias
    3. No discipline for MSPB judges’ misconduct
    4. Improperly high stay request burden of proof
  3. OSC – Miscellaneous
    1. OSC Disclosure Unit procedures prone to subjectivity?
    2. Document retention period is only 3 years
    3. OSC needs an Inspector General
    4. FOIA backlog
  4. Election of Remedies Fiasco
    1. Union protectionism in 1994 may haunt whistleblowers and OSC in 2012
    2. Related entries
  5. Judicial Standard of Review
    1. What accounts for the low rate of MSPB appeal reversals in the Federal Circuit?
    2. Only five percent of MSPB appeals were reversed at the Federal Circuit in FY 2011
  6. Problems with the WPEA
    1. Will the new Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act apply retroactively?
    2. Why the Merit Systems Protection Board Should Not Be Granted Summary Judgment Powers
    3. Open Letter to Congress: Strengthen the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act
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