Senior federal employees also have reason to be glad the Merit Systems Protection Board is back in business
The Senior Executives Association, which represents the government’s highest ranking career officials, is especially glad the Merit Systems Protection Board has a quorum of two members. The Senate confirmed them a couple of weeks ago, ending five years without a quorum. The Association’s director of policy and outreach, Jason Briefel told the Federal Drive with Tom Temin more.
Interview transcript:
Tom Temin: Jason, let me ask you this. Is this a tempest in a teapot? Or does this small, obscure board actually have some sort of gravitational effect on the proper operation and efficiency of the government do you think?
Jason Briefel: Well, I think it’s the ladder, the MSPB is the core of the merit system. It’s a central part of these different agencies, including the Office of Personnel Management, the Federal Labor Relations Authority, the Office of Special Counsel, that helped make sure that the government treats its employees properly, that the government follows the law and the rules on its own workforce. And the MSPB is the agency that makes sure that the government treats its employees right. Because the government that treats its employees right and follows the law is a government that treats its citizens right. And that’s why these protections are in place in the first place. That’s why we have a merit system in this country and decided that that was so...
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