http://civilservicechange.org/?p=2347 Because Democracy is Not Free -- we all have to work at it Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:55:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://civilservicechange.org/?p=2347&cpage=1#comment-5041 Stephen Michael Sat, 03 Jul 2010 02:41:06 +0000 http://www.civilservicechange.org/?p=2347#comment-5041 The Merit System Protection Board has been biased long before 2008. In 1988, I had a proceeding before the MSPB San Francisco and the administrative law judge (ALJ) went on vacation for 30 days (or 20 days) and eliminated one solid month out of the four month adjudication process. The case was out-of-hand dismissed. Initial decisions by the ALJ are not published and not readily available for public inspection. The FINAL DECISIONS (maybe 1/3) of the actual BOARD are made available for the public's review through a law library or download. What this means in practice is that corrupt decisions or dismissal of cases for a false reason CAN BE HIDDEN FROM PUBLIC VIEW--because the initial decision is only known to the aggrieved ex-federal employee or federal employee. In other words, the de facto secrecy of the ALJ initial decision allows for all kinds of injustice that the public will never find out about. Of course, the MSPB will argue, you can appeal... you can appeal to a higher authority. This may be true, but people without jobs have limited resources and can only prosecute a case for so long before the need to expend limited resources to look for another job. You cannot spend your life fighting a Federal agency--efforts have to count--such as the initial decision of the ALJ. The United States Congress need to reform the MSPB to make all of it's decisions (including the initial decision of the ALJ) public. Everything needs to be published on-line and in all law libraries everywhere in the world. Right now, the MSPB effectively hides the initial decision of the Administrative Law Judge. Even the FINAL decisions are not that well known to the general public. The MSPB is an obscure and little known Federal agency. jans123z@gmx.net The Merit System Protection Board has been biased long before 2008. In 1988, I had a proceeding before the MSPB San Francisco and the administrative law judge (ALJ) went on vacation for 30 days (or 20 days) and eliminated one solid month out of the four month adjudication process. The case was out-of-hand dismissed. Initial decisions by the ALJ are not published and not readily available for public inspection. The FINAL DECISIONS (maybe 1/3) of the actual BOARD are made available for the public’s review through a law library or download. What this means in practice is that corrupt decisions or dismissal of cases for a false reason CAN BE HIDDEN FROM PUBLIC VIEW–because the initial decision is only known to the aggrieved ex-federal employee or federal employee. In other words, the de facto secrecy of the ALJ initial decision allows for all kinds of injustice that the public will never find out about. Of course, the MSPB will argue, you can appeal… you can appeal to a higher authority. This may be true, but people without jobs have limited resources and can only prosecute a case for so long before the need to expend limited resources to look for another job. You cannot spend your life fighting a Federal agency–efforts have to count–such as the initial decision of the ALJ. The United States Congress need to reform the MSPB to make all of it’s decisions (including the initial decision of the ALJ) public. Everything needs to be published on-line and in all law libraries everywhere in the world. Right now, the MSPB effectively hides the initial decision of the Administrative Law Judge. Even the FINAL decisions are not that well known to the general public. The MSPB is an obscure and little known Federal agency. jans123z@gmx.net

]]> http://civilservicechange.org/?p=2347&cpage=1#comment-5030 mark Mon, 28 Jun 2010 05:36:55 +0000 http://www.civilservicechange.org/?p=2347#comment-5030 Big business control MSPB and Federal Government. Big business control MSPB and Federal Government.

]]> http://civilservicechange.org/?p=2347&cpage=1#comment-4357 USACE Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:32:04 +0000 http://www.civilservicechange.org/?p=2347#comment-4357 There are incredible statistics...why can't people wake up and see the truth! I will write to my Congressmen as much as I can until they take a look at the MSPB. There are incredible statistics…why can’t people wake up and see the truth! I will write to my Congressmen as much as I can until they take a look at the MSPB.

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