Merit Systems Protection Board Archives

Congress Strengthens Whistleblower Protections for Federal Employees

Follow the Rules Act Protects Federal Employee Whistleblowers In 2017, President Trump signed into law Follow the Rules Act, which prohibits an agency from taking a personnel … Continued

MSPB Clarifies Burden-Shifting Framework for Discrimination Appeals

Proving an Affirmative Defense of Discrimination in an MSPB Appeal The Board’s September 3, 2015 decision in Savage v. Department of the Army clarifies the … Continued

VA Using Patient Privacy to Stifle Whistleblowers

An article in The Washington Post titled VA uses patient privacy to go after whistleblowers, critics say reports that the VA has routinely used … Continued

Whistleblower Lawyer Jason Zuckerman Quoted About MacLean Whistleblower Protection Act Case

An article titled Supreme Court will review whistleblower complaint reports that the Supreme Court will review a Federal Circuit decision holding that former air … Continued

Whistleblower Lawyer Jason Zuckerman Speaks at CLE about Whistleblower Protections for Federal Employees

CLE About Practicing Before the MSPB Whistleblower attorney Jason Zuckerman spoke at a DC Bar CLE program titled “Practice Before the Merit Systems Protection Board … Continued

Jason Zuckerman Co-Authors Paper on Federal Employee Whistleblower Protections

Jason Zuckerman co-authored a paper titled The U.S. Office of Special Counsel’s Role in Protecting Whistleblowers and Serving as a Safe Channel for Government Employees … Continued