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FMA Washington Report: February 8, 2021
GMC Sends Letter to Help Restore MSPB
On January 25, FMA, along with the four other members of the Government Managers Coalition (GMC), sent a letter to urge President Biden to act with all expediency possible to restore a quorum to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB).

The MSPB is the primary forum available to federal employees to enforce their workplace rights. Regrettably, MSPB has been hamstrung and crippled in recent years, lacking a quorum for four years – since January 2017 – and lacking any Senate-confirmed member for nearly two years – since March 2019. In that time, more than 3,000 federal workers have been deprived of an opportunity for justice and an adjudicative hearing before the body, leaving both them and their former agencies in limbo. FMA has been vocal on this issue for years, including it as an issue brief. 

The GMC letter offered concrete solutions, recommending four individuals for the Biden administration’s consideration for nomination to the MSPB. “These are individuals from both sides of the aisle whom the GMC believes have the qualifications and respect for the merit system necessary for leaders of the MSPB. It is our understanding that several of these names were also submitted by our colleagues in labor and civil society, highlighting their universally recognized qualifications in the federal community.” The letter recommended:

• Cathy Harris, Kator, Parks, Weiser & Harris, PLLC 
• Julia A. Clark, former labor attorney & Democratic MSPB nominee by President Trump 
• Krista Boyd, General Counsel, House Committee on Oversight & Reform 
• Tristan Leavitt, MSPB General Counsel & Acting Chief Executive and Administrative Officer
 
FMA will continue to work with the GMC and others to restore the MSPB as expediently as possible.

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