e-Appeal Account

Registration Guide

UPDATED: October 20, 2023

Introduction

This Account Registration Guide is for all e-Appeal users: appellants, appellant 

representatives, and agency representatives. 

Note for Agency Users: 

• If you are an agency user (an Agency Representative or Agency Legal Support for

an agency), your Work Unit must preregister your e-Appeal account before you

can complete the individual registration process set forth in this Account

Registration Guide. Please contact the Initial Contact or an e-Appeal Superuser

for your Work Unit for more information regarding your preregistration status. If

you have been preregistered, please follow the steps to complete your individual

registration.

Individual Registration

1. MSPB’s e-Appeal can be accessed from the MSPB website at https://www.mspb.gov

or directly from https://e-appeal.mspb.gov/.

2. From the e-Appeal login page, select the option to “Register” as a New User.

a. NOTE: ALL individuals must register in the new e-Appeal as a “New User” even

if they were previously registered as an e-filer in MSPB’s former e-Appeal

Online system.
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3. Review the “Security Policy – Warning” pop up and select “Acknowledge.”

4. E-Appeal’s “New User” registration is divided into 9 separate steps, referenced below 

for convenience. 

5. Step 1 Page: Review the Instructions Page and select “Next.” 

6. Steps 2 and 3 Pages: Review the next two pages regarding the “Paperwork Reduction 

Act Notice” and the “Privacy Act Statement” and select “Next.”
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7. Step 4 Page: Select your role as “Appellant,” “Appellant Representative,” or “Agency 

Representative.” If you will use e-Appeal as Agency Legal Support, you should 

select “Agency Representative” for purposes of e-Appeal account registration.

8. Step 5 Page: Review the e-Filer Consent page and select the fields to indicate that 

you consent to your obligations and responsibilities as a registered e-filer. 

Pursuant to the interim final rule, effective on October 2, 2023, 5 C.F.R. 

§ 1201.14(e)(5) requires all agency representatives and appellant attorney 

representatives to register as e-filers in e-Appeal. If you are legal support for an 

appellant attorney representative or legal support for an agency representative, you 

must also register as an e-filer for e-Appeal system access.
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Example of e-Filer Consent Page: 

9. Step 6 Page: Enter the requested contact information.

a. Appellants: Enter the email address you want to use with e-Appeal. If you 

are a current Federal employee, it is recommended that you use a personal 

email address for your e-Appeal account. If you have a pending or recent case 

with MSPB, please enter the email address (if any) that you previously 

provided as part of your appeal.

b. Appellant Representatives: Enter the email address you will use for e-filing 

with MSPB; if you were previously designated as a representative in an MSPB 

appeal, enter the email address you provided for your designation in those

cases.

c. Agency Users: If you are an agency user, the email address you enter must 

match the email address that the Initial Contact or an e-Appeal Superuser for 

your Work Unit provided to MSPB for preregistration. 
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d. Note for all users: If you used multiple email addresses in previous or pending 

appeals with the Board, MSPB strongly recommends that you contact 

eAppealTransition@mspb.gov for assistance prior to registering in the new 

e-Appeal to resolve any user profile issues and to help ensure that you can 

view all of your cases in the new e-Appeal. 

10. Step 7 Page: Choose a Username and Password and confirm your Password. 
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11.UPDATED: Step 8 Page: Review the information you have entered and select the box 

to certify that the information is accurate. Then select “Create Account.” You have 

now successfully submitted a request to create your account, but to finish the 

registration process you must receive email notification from MSPB that your request 

to create a new e-Appeal account has been processed, verify your email address, log 

in to e-Appeal, and complete your “My Profile” information as explained in the next 

steps.

12.UPDATED: Step 9 Page: When you select “Create Account,” e-Appeal advises you that

you have submitted a request to create a new e-Appeal account and indicates that 

your request has been placed in a queue for processing. 
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You will also receive an email from MSPB confirming you have submitted a request that 

has been placed in a queue for processing.

13.UPDATED: When your request has been processed, you will receive another email 

from MSPB confirming that you have registered your email address in e-Appeal and 

asking you to verify your email address. You MUST click the link in the email to 

complete the registration process. MSPB is currently processing many requests for 

new e-Appeal accounts; therefore, receipt time for this verification email may vary 

as the system connects users to their assigned appeals.
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14.E-Appeal opens in a browser window. Review the information advising you that 

your email address has been verified and you must complete your account 

setup by providing additional contact information. Select “Back to Homepage.”
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15. In e-Appeal, from the log-in page, select the option to “Log in” as a “Returning User.”

16. Review the “Security Policy – Warning” pop up and select “Acknowledge.” Enter

your username and password.

17. The Two-Factor Authentication page is displayed, and e-Appeal emails you a

verification code. Enter the code from your email into e-Appeal and select “Verify.”

This two-factor authentication will take place every time you log in to e-Appeal as a

returning user.
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18. Review the “Paperwork Reduction Notice” and “Privacy Act Statement Notice” and 

select “Next.”

19. If you have not previously participated in an MSPB matter as an appellant or 

representative, the “My Profile” page is displayed. This page appears the first time 

you log in after completing the first part of the registration process. Enter the 

requested contact information. Select “Save & Exit.” 

If you are an MSPB case party (appellant, appellant representative, or agency 

representative) who previously used MSPB’s former e-Appeal Online system, you 

will bypass the “My Profile” page and be brought to the e-Appeal Dashboard page. 
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20. Review the “Profile Setup Complete” pop up and select “Go to Dashboard.” You have

now completed your registration and may use e-Appeal to file a new appeal and to

review and manage your cases.

21. For general information about how to use e-Appeal, please review the General Guide

for All Users in the new e-Appeal Information Hub.