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		<title>We interrupt your usual FOIA alerts with this important message</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://civilservicechange.org/?p=3086</link>
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		<title>Prohibited Personnel Practices – They Do Not Exist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, Virginia, PPP’s, unlike Santa Claus, apparently do not exist, even in people’s hearts. In my article High Crimes, Misdemeanors, and Cumbersome Bureaucratic “Red Tape” I outlined my latest appeal to the Office of the Special Counsel concerning the use of PPP’s at the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta. As indicated in that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://civilservicechange.org/?p=3089</link>
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		<title>EEOC FOIA: Potentially Good News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I got a surprise call today. It sounds like the EEOC intends to try its best to comply with our request for information. I&#8217;ve attached a summary of today&#8217;s communication and my response to the agency. If they do as they&#8217;ve indicated they would, perhaps we&#8217;ll have some substantive information within a week or two. addthis_url [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://civilservicechange.org/?p=3078</link>
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		<title>How Broken is EEOC?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re wondering why I started my journey with MSPB, it&#8217;s because I believed it to be less broken than EEOC. (Imagine that, something more broken than MSPB) What&#8217;s the deal?  In July, I filed a FOIA.  In August, I was told that they&#8217;ve granted themselves an extension.  Also, in August, EEOC released its report on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://civilservicechange.org/?p=3076</link>
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		<title>EEOC Grants Itself an Extension of Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://civilservicechange.org/?p=3072</link>
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		<title>High Crimes, Misdemeanors and Cumbersome Bureaucratic “Red Tape”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ah, the urgency of a “911” call. There is “blood on the street,” a call is placed, the operator quickly assesses that it is not a crank call, and help is dispatched. Government in action, with alacrity; it is satisfying. Sometimes there is no actual blood. Take the recent case of Shirley Sherrod. There was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://civilservicechange.org/?p=3028</link>
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		<title>The Rebirth of American Culture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As summer winds down, I&#8217;m drawn back into my new world &#8211;  one of public schools, neighbors, community and collective effort.  I&#8217;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&#8217;ve hidden my advocacy work from business contacts as though [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://civilservicechange.org/?p=2999</link>
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		<title>Office of the Special Counsel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Six months ago I had never heard of the OSC, but by trial and error, via complaints to other Federal Agencies, it became apparent to me that the OSC was the “proper” agency that should address matters involving Prohibited Personnel Practices (PPP’s), especially if they are utilized on a systemic basis. Issues related to PPP’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://civilservicechange.org/?p=3026</link>
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		<title>Legal Stance: Are you Pro-Plumber, or Pro Se?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;re &#8220;anti-plumber?&#8221; If one was to fix their own faucet, that doesn&#8217;t mean that they would likewise bore through concrete to fix a critical plumbing line to the main feed.  I went [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://civilservicechange.org/?p=3005</link>
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		<title>OSC &amp; Scott Bloch: How Bad Was It?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL (OSC) AGENCY JOB TENURE FROM FEDSCOPE.OPM.GOV SEPTEMBER 2009     Less than 1 year  14 1 &#8211; 2 years  11 3 &#8211; 4 years  12 5 &#8211; 9 years  26 10 &#8211; 14 years  14 15 &#8211; 19 years  8 20 &#8211; 24 years  10 25 &#8211; 29 years  6 30 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://civilservicechange.org/?p=2992</link>
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		<title>OPM: Detailed Federal Employment &amp; Personnel Tool, FedScope</title>
		<description><![CDATA[http://www.fedscope.opm.gov/ I did a quick cross-check between the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)&#8217;s federal worker database and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission&#8217;s recently released report on the Federal Workforce.  Because OPM&#8217;s database is transparent to a high level of detail and kept current with quarterly data, I&#8217;d give more credibility to it over the opaque annual report [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://civilservicechange.org/?p=2966</link>
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		<title>FY 2009 EEOC Report on the Federal Workforce Released</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here it is: http://www.eeoc.gov/federal/reports/fsp2009/ Once again, it&#8217;s a busy time for me (even though it&#8217;s summer).  I&#8217;ll review and comment on it shortly and send out a news release.  If you&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://civilservicechange.org/?p=2978</link>
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