Because Democracy is Not Free — we all have to work at it
Not exactly a new theme. I am speaking, of course, of the Department of Veterans Affairs abandoning the men and women who served in America’s Armed Forces, and to whom the Agency purportedly serves. For those veterans who served in the Vietnam War, one of the most egregious examples of willful abandonment occurred over the [...]
…with a bit of room to spare. Almost a week ago, on this site, I raised what is now the rhetorical question: Does the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta openly engage in Prohibited Personnel Practices? The answer has now been officially determined by the Merit System Protection Board in Denver: YES! Thanks in [...]
First, I apologize for the lack of recent posts. I’ve been extraordinarily busy, preparing art and concurrently loading (nearly a thousand) images to the webstore. And I’ve refocused on something more attainable than a win at MSPB — successfully running an under-capitalized startup company peddling a startup product. Today, however, I have something wonderful to [...]
Does the CDC in Atlanta openly engage in Prohibited Personnel Practices? When I first applied for a Public Health Advisor position at the CDC, I had no intention of having a formal legal opinion on this question determined. In fact, I had no idea what a Prohibited Personnel Practice (PPP) is. Naively, I thought that [...]
Revisiting an older post on MSPB initial filings by Agency, an observant reader noted that although more than 25 percent of all Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) non-OPM claims were made by postal workers, United States Postal Service (USPS) employees have greater appeal restrictions. Here’s the citation. According to this section of the U.S. Code, appellants must be non-probationary preference-eligible [...]
It took two hours, but I read all of The Center for Public Integrity’s (CPI) Broken Government: An Examination of 128 Executive Branch Failures since 2000. It was well worth my time. The first two pages captured the heart of the piece, with the following points noted: Many of the failings are tied to Bush appointees [...]
Christmas came early for me. Barack Obama picked Eric Shinseki to head the Veterans Affairs. I’m too tired to write more, but I leave you with this article from the Washington Post. Whistleblowers everywhere should rejoice. The message the incoming administration is sending is that truth counts, and that our country comes before individual allegiance to [...]
The Washington Post writes in its article, “Widespread Complaints about a Rudderless Government:” When President Obama takes over in January as manager-in-chief of nearly 2 million federal employees, he will need a plan to reinvigorate a frustrated and demoralized workforce, career employees warn. The article then goes on to detail how dismal the situation has [...]
From the Washington Post: New attitude: Obama vows change, agency by agency Whew! the world has been watching, and although Obama doesn’t officially take office until January 20th, 2009, world leaders are already treating him as the new president and lining up for appointments. By the way, the sun DID come out this morning and [...]
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