MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

By SovConn | June 2, 2013

Merit Systems Protection Board.The independent federal agency that oversees personnel practices of the federal government and hears and decides appeals from adverse personnel actions taken against federal employees. • It has five regional offices and five field offices. Its functions were transferred from the former Civil Service Commission under Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1978. — Abbr. MSPB. See CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. [Cases: Officers and Public Employees 72.20. C.J.S. Officers and Public Employees §§ 143, 195.]

[Blacks Law 8th]

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