The Merit Systems Protection Board will be down a board member as of Friday, leaving its quorum on a knife’s edge. Board member and Biden appointee Raymond Limon will retire on Friday nearly three ...

The obscure board – barely known outside of government – is set to become the next major battleground for Trump and the federal workers he’s trying to fire. Its increasingly important role became ...

The return of a quorum to the Merit Systems Protection Board may undercut the rationale behind a new Democratic bill that would enable federal employees who appeal disciplinary actions taken against ...

A federal appeals panel on Friday halted the reinstatement of two independent agency members fired by President Trump, clearing the path for the president to remove them from their positions. The ...

Federal workers are rushing to a little-known and understaffed office to try to save their jobs from President Donald Trump’s mass government layoffs, in hopes that it will be a bulwark against the ...

The board protects “merit system principles,” like hiring only qualified people, treating staff fairly regardless of race or religion, and preventing punishments based on political views, according to ...