Because Democracy is Not Free — we all have to work at it
The Fiscal Year 2009 Merit Systems Protection (MSPB) dataset by Docket number, Administrative Judge, Regional Office and outcome was posted on July 16, 2010. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) responded to a FOIA request for a similar dataset, as well as AJ elements and standards and licensing by requesting an extension. They now have [...]
I got a surprise call today. It sounds like the EEOC intends to try its best to comply with our request for information. I’ve attached a summary of today’s communication and my response to the agency. If they do as they’ve indicated they would, perhaps we’ll have some substantive information within a week or two. addthis_url [...]
If you’re wondering why I started my journey with MSPB, it’s because I believed it to be less broken than EEOC. (Imagine that, something more broken than MSPB) What’s the deal? In July, I filed a FOIA. In August, I was told that they’ve granted themselves an extension. Also, in August, EEOC released its report on the [...]
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) seeking, among other things, raw statistical data used in the EEOC annual reports, Elements and Standards for Attorney Examiners (aka: Administrative Judges) at the EEOC, and a roster of attorney examiners by regional office, bar status and number, is being reviewed at EEOC. EEOC has taken it upon itself to [...]
As summer winds down, I’m drawn back into my new world – one of public schools, neighbors, community and collective effort. I’m also quickly drawn into the collision of two other worlds: one of federal employee advocacy, and one of a small business owner. For three years, I’ve hidden my advocacy work from business contacts as though [...]
On the issue of retaining a lawyer or going pro se, if you install a new kitchen faucet on your own, does anyone ever ask if you’re “anti-plumber?” If one was to fix their own faucet, that doesn’t mean that they would likewise bore through concrete to fix a critical plumbing line to the main feed. I went [...]
OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL (OSC) AGENCY JOB TENURE FROM FEDSCOPE.OPM.GOV SEPTEMBER 2009 Less than 1 year 14 1 – 2 years 11 3 – 4 years 12 5 – 9 years 26 10 – 14 years 14 15 – 19 years 8 20 – 24 years 10 25 – 29 years 6 30 [...]
http://www.fedscope.opm.gov/ I did a quick cross-check between the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)’s federal worker database and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s recently released report on the Federal Workforce. Because OPM’s database is transparent to a high level of detail and kept current with quarterly data, I’d give more credibility to it over the opaque annual report [...]
Here it is: http://www.eeoc.gov/federal/reports/fsp2009/ Once again, it’s a busy time for me (even though it’s summer). I’ll review and comment on it shortly and send out a news release. If you’re not on our email distribution, fill out the form on the right hand side of your screen and it will be sent to you [...]
I’ve run preliminary summaries for Fiscal Year 2009 case statistics on the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), and I was surprised by what I found. Give me some time to contemplate what the new numbers mean, and why the figures look different than in FY 2007 and 2008. (My initial take was that the numbers would [...]