media<!DOCTYPE html>
<!--[if lt IE 9]><html class="lt-ie9"><![endif]-->
<!--[if gt IE 8]><!--><html lang="en"><!--<![endif]-->
  <head>
    <!-- Google tag (gtag.js) -->
<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-ZHYNZ606HG"></script>
<script>
  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}
  gtag('js', new Date());

  gtag('config', 'G-ZHYNZ606HG');
</script>
<!-- Basic Page Needs
================================================== -->
  <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<!-- Mobile Specific Metas
================================================== -->
  <meta name="HandheldFriendly" content="True">
  <meta name="MobileOptimized" content="320">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <!-- Title and meta description
================================================== -->
<title>U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board | Update Links Page</title>
  <meta property="og:title" content="U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board">
<meta name="description" content="The official web site for the United States Merit Systems Protection Board.">
  <meta property="og:description" content="MSPB Mission: To protect the Merit System Principles and promote an effective Federal workforce free of Prohibited Personnel Practices.">
  <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary">
  <meta name="twitter:site" content="@MSPB">
  <meta property="og:type" content="article">
  <meta property="og:url" content="https://www.mspb.gov/">
	 
  <!-- Favicons
================================================== -->
  <!-- 128x128 -->
  <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/ico" href="img/favicons/favicon.ico">
  <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="img/favicons/favicon.png">
  <!-- 192x192, as recommended for Android
  http://updates.html5rocks.com/2014/11/Support-for-theme-color-in-Chrome-39-for-Android
  -->
  <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="192x192" href="img/favicons/favicon-192.png">
  <!-- 57x57 (precomposed) for iPhone 3GS, pre-2011 iPod Touch and older Android devices -->
  <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="img/favicons/favicon-57.png">
  <!-- 72x72 (precomposed) for 1st generation iPad, iPad 2 and iPad mini -->
  <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="72x72" href="img/favicons/favicon-72.png">
  <!-- 114x114 (precomposed) for iPhone 4, 4S, 5 and post-2011 iPod Touch -->
  <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="114x114" href="img/favicons/favicon-114.png">
  <!-- 144x144 (precomposed) for iPad 3rd and 4th generation -->
  <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="144x144" href="img/favicons/favicon-144.png">
  <link href="css/uswds.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
  <!-- CSS
================================================== -->
	  	  <!-- We participate in the US government's analytics program. See the data at analytics.usa.gov. -->
<script async type="text/javascript" src="https://dap.digitalgov.gov/Universal-Federated-Analytics-Min.js?agency=MSPB&pua=ua-33523145-2" id="_fed_an_ua_tag"></script>
  </head>
   <body class="page-landing-page layout-demo">
    <a id="tophead" class="usa-skipnav" href="#main-content">Skip to main content</a>
  

<section class="usa-banner">
  <div class="usa-accordion">
	  <header class="usa-banner-header">
      <div class="usa-grid usa-banner-inner">
      <img src="img/favicons/favicon-57.png" alt="U.S. flag">
      <p>An official website of the United States government</p>
      <button class="usa-accordion-button usa-banner-button"
        aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="gov-banner">
        <span class="usa-banner-button-text">Here's how you know</span>
      </button>
      </div>
    </header>
    <div class="usa-banner-content usa-grid usa-accordion-content" id="gov-banner">
      <div class="usa-banner-guidance-gov usa-width-one-half">
        <img class="usa-banner-icon usa-media_block-img" src="img/icon-dot-gov.svg" alt="Dot gov">
        <div class="usa-media_block-body">
          <p>
            <strong>The .gov means it’s official.</strong>
            <br>
            Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.
          </p>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div class="usa-banner-guidance-ssl usa-width-one-half">
        <img class="usa-banner-icon usa-media_block-img" src="img/icon-https.svg" alt="Https">
        <div class="usa-media_block-body">
          <p>
            <strong>The site is secure.</strong>
            <br>
            The <strong>https://</strong> ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.
          </p>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</section>


  

<header class="usa-header usa-header-extended" role="banner">
  <div class="usa-navbar">
  <div class="usa-logo" id="extended-logo">
    <em class="usa-logo-text">
      <a href="index.htm"
        title="Home"
        aria-label="Home">
        U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board</a>
    </em>
  </div>
  <button class="usa-menu-btn">Menu</button>
</div>

  <nav role="navigation" class="usa-nav">
    <div class="usa-nav-inner">
      <button class="usa-nav-close">
  <img src="img/close.svg" alt="close">
</button>
		<ul class="usa-nav-primary usa-accordion"><li><a href="index.htm"><span>Home</span></a></li><li><button class="usa-accordion-button usa-nav-link" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="extended-nav-section-one">
      <span>About</span>
    </button>
    <ul id="extended-nav-section-one" class="usa-nav-submenu"><li>About the MSPB</li>	
			<li class="showmobile">Contacts & Locations</li>
			<li class="showmobile">Equal Employment Opportunity</li>
			<li class="showmobile">Information Quality Standards</li>
			<li class="showmobile">No FEAR Act</li>
			<li class="showmobile">Open.Gov</li>
			<li class="showmobile"> Organization</li>
			<li class="showmobile">Plans, Budget & Performance </li>
			<!--<!--<li> Plain Writing</li>-->
			<li class="showmobile">Privacy Program</li>
           <li>Merit System Principles</li>
	<li>Prohibited Personnel Practices</li>
	  								                 
                                     <li>Site Index and Search</li>
                 </ul></li><li><button class="usa-accordion-button usa-nav-link" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="extended-nav-section-two">
      <span>Appeals</span>
    </button>
    <ul id="extended-nav-section-two" class="usa-nav-submenu"><li>
              	Appeal Process</li>
						<li class="showmobile">Appellant Q&A</li>
    <li class="showmobile"><a href="https://e-appeal.mspb.gov/" target="_blank">Electronic Filing</a></li>
    <li class="showmobile">Forms</li>
    <li class="showmobile"> Hearing Sites</li>
    <   <li class="showmobile">Policy & Resources</li>
    <li class="showmobile">Regulations</li>
    <li class="showmobile">Whistleblower Q&A</li> 
	<li><a href="https://e-appeal.mspb.gov/" target="_blank">Electronic Filing</a></li>  
	<li>Mediation Appeals Program</li>
                        
     </ul></li><li><button class="usa-accordion-button usa-nav-link" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="extended-nav-section-three">
      <span>Decisions</span>
    </button>
    <ul id="extended-nav-section-three" class="usa-nav-submenu"><li>
           Case Reports</li>
<li>Nonprecedential Decisions</li>
		<li>Precedential Decisions</li>
           			 </ul></li><li><button class="usa-accordion-button usa-nav-link" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="extended-nav-section-four">
      <span>Studies & Publications</span>
    </button>
       <ul id="extended-nav-section-four" class="usa-nav-submenu">
		<li>About & Contact Studies</li>
		<li>Latest Publications</li>
		<li>Newsletters</li>
		<li>Reports</li>
          <li>Research Briefs</li>
		<li>Search Studies
		<li>Surveys of Federal Employees</li>
		 </li>
          </ul>
         </li><li><button class="usa-accordion-button usa-nav-link" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="extended-nav-section-six">
         <span>Public & Information Services</span>
    </button>
    <ul id="extended-nav-section-six" class="usa-nav-submenu">
				<li>Accessibility</li>
			 <li>Contracting & Procurement</li>
				<li><a href="https://extranet2.mspb.gov/extranetlogin.aspx" target="_blank">Extranet</a></li>
		  <li>Federal Register Notices</li>
		      <li> FOIA Program</li>
				 <li class="showmobile">e-FOIA Reading Room </li>
        <li  class="showmobile"><a href="https://foiaonline.gov/foiaonline/action/public/home" target="_blank">Submit a FOIA Request</a></li>
           <li class="showmobile">FOIA Reports</li> 
			<li>Jobs & Internships</li>
	<li>Press Releases & News</li>
	<li>Privacy Program</li>
				<li>Regulations</li>
			    <li>Technical Support</li>
		 </ul>
		</li>	</ul>

    		<div class="usa-nav-secondary">
   <form class="usa-search usa-search-small" action="https://search.usa.gov/search" accept-charset="UTF-8"><div style="margin:0;padding:0;display:inline"><input name="utf8" type="hidden" value="✓" /></div>
<div role="search">
<label class="usa-sr-only" for="search-field-small">Search small</label>
<input id="affiliate" name="affiliate" type="hidden" value="mspb" />
<!--<input id="search-field-small" type="search" name="query" autocomplete="off" class="usagov-search-autocomplete" id="query">-->
<input id="search-field-small" type="search" name="query" autocomplete="off" class="usagov-search-autocomplete">

<button type="submit">
 <span class="usa-sr-only">Search</span>
</button>
</div>
</form>
	
		</div>
</div>

   </nav>
</header>
<div class="usa-overlay"></div>

  
<main class="usa-grid usa-section usa-content usa-layout-docs" id="main-content">
  <aside class="usa-width-one-fourth usa-layout-docs-sidenav">
    

<nav>
<ul class="usa-sidenav-list">
        <li> Home</li>
        <li>  About MSPB</li>
        <ul class="usa-sidenav-sub_list">
              <li>  Organization</li>
          <ul class="usa-sidenav-sub_list">
            <li>  Board Members  </li>
            <li>  Recent Board Members  </li>
            <li> <a href="about/BoardTermsTimeChart Dec2017.pdf" target="_blank" > Board Members' Service: January 1979 - Present </a> </li>
          </ul>
          <li>  Judicial Review  </li>
          <li>  Jurisdiction  </li>
          <li>  Merit Systems Principles  </li>
          <li>  Open.gov  </li>
          <li>  Prohibited Personnel Practices  </li>
          <li>  Regulatory Review  </li>
          <li>  Training  </li>
        </ul>
        <li> <a href="about/search.htm" class="usa-current"> Search and Site Index </a> </li>
      </ul>
</nav>

  </aside>


<div class="usa-width-three-fourths usa-layout-docs-main_content">
<h1>Updated Links and Website Changes</h1>
	<p>On July 17, 2021, MSPB launched its redesigned and restructured web site.  Some  links to files that existed on legacy systems and databases may no longer work.  You may find relevant information using the sitemap below, or use the search form to look for pages or files on this site.  You can also use our full search.gov page to narrow your search by topics of interest.</p> 
    <form id="search_form" action="https://search.usa.gov/search" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="get"><input name="utf8" type="hidden" value="✓" />
	    
      <input type="hidden" name="affiliate" id="affiliate" value="mspb" />
      <label for="query">Enter Search Term(s):</label>
      <input type="text" name="query" id="query" autocomplete="off" class="usagov-search-autocomplete" />
      <input type="submit" name="commit" value="Search" />
    </form>
	<br>
	To search for specific Board decisions, use our advanced search tool for Precedential or Nonprecedential Decisions.
 <table>
   <tr>
     <td>A<br>
       <a href="about.htm" target="_parent"> About MSPB</a><br>
       Accessibility<br>
       <a href="https://get.adobe.com/reader/" target="new"> Adobe Reader</a><br>
       <a href="http://www.americorps.gov" target="new"> Americorps</a><br>
        Annual Reports<br>
       <a href="appeals/appeals.htm" target="_parent"> Appeals Process</a><br>
       <a href="appeals/appellantqanda.htm" target="_parent"> Appellant Questions & Answers</a><br>
		Artificial Intelligence (AI) Use Case Inventory <br>
       B<br>
       <a href="members.htm" target="_parent"> Board Members</a><br>
       C<br>
       <a href="cj/" target="_parent"> </a><a href="decisions/casereports.htm" target="_parent">Case Reports</a><br>
       <a href="cj/" target="_parent">Congressional Budget Justification</a><br>
       <a href="contact.htm" target="_parent"> Contact and Locations</a><br>
       <a href="publicaffairs/contracting.htm" target="_parent"> Contracting</a><br>
       <a href="appeals/review.htm" target="_parent"> Court Review</a><br>
       D<br>
       <a href="data/" target="_parent">Data Governance Body</a><br>
       <a href="decisions/nonprecdec.htm" target="_parent">Decisions</a><br>
       Decisions Listserv<br>
       E<br>
       <a href="https://e-appeal.mspb.gov/" target="_blank">e-Appeal (Submit Appeal Electronically))</a><br>
       <a href="eeo.htm" target="_parent"> Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO</a>)<br>
       <a href="https://www.eeoc.gov/" target="_blank"> Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC</a>)<br>
       <a href="publicaffairs/jobs.htm" target="_blank"> Employment</a><br>
       
       <a href="https://extranet2.mspb.gov/extranetlogin.aspx" target="_parent"> Extranet</a><br>
       F<br>
       Federal Employee Viewpoint Surveys<br>
       <a href="http://www.flra.gov/" target="_blank"> Federal Labor   Relations Authority (FLRA) </a><br>
        Federal Register Notices<br>
        Financial Reports<br>
       <a href="foia/e-foiareadingroom.htm" target="_parent"> FOIA Reading Room</a><br>
       <a href="foia/request.htm" target="_parent">FOIA Requests</a><br>
       
       <a href="appeals/forms.htm" target="_parent">Forms</a><br>
       <a href="furloughappeals/index.htm" target="_parent"> Furlough Appeals</a><br>
       G<br>
        Government Performance & Results Act (GPRA )<br>
       H<br>
        Hearing Sites<br>
       <a href="publicaffairs/hpsd12.htm" target="_parent"> Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12)</a><br>
       I<br> 
		 		  <a href="publicaffairs/paperwork-reduction-act.htm" target="_blank">Information Collections</a><br>
		 <a href="informationqualitystandards/index.htm" target="_parent">Information Quality Guidelines</a><br> <a href="appeals/infosheets.htm" target="_parent">Information Sheets</a><br>
       
       <a href="publicaffairs/ig.htm" target="_blank"> Inspector General</a><br>
        Internships <br>
		       J<br>
       <a href="appeals/files/ALJHandbook.pdf" target="_blank" title="Judges' Handbook"> Judges' Handbook</a><br>
        Judicial Review<br>
       <a href="appeals/jurisdiction.htm" target="_parent"> Jurisdiction</a><br>
       K<br>
       L<br>
       Listservs<br>
       M<br>
        Mediation Appeals Program (MAP)<br>
        Merit System Principles<br>
       <a href="msp/U_S_C__2301_Merit_Systems_Principles.pdf" target="_blank"> Merit System Principles U.S.C. § 2301</a><br>
       N<br>
       <a href="studies/newsletters.htm" target="_parent"> Newsletters</a><br>
       <a href="decisions/nonprecdec.htm" target="_parent"> Nonprecedential Decisions</a><br>
       O<br>
       <a href="contact.htm" target="_parent">Office Locations</a><br>
       <a href="https://www.opm.gov/" target="_parent">Office of Personnel Management (OPM) </a><br>
       <a href="studies/index.htm" target="_parent">Office of Policy and Evaluation (MSPB)</a><br>
       <a href="https://osc.gov/" target="_blank">Office of Special Counsel (OSC)</a><br>
       <a href="open/index.htm" target="_parent">Open Government </a><br>
       <a href="organization.htm" target="_parent"> Organization Chart</a><br>
       P<br>
       <a href="about/annual.htm" target="_parent"> Performance Reports & Plans</a><br>
		 <a href="appeals/resources.htm" target="_parent"> Policies</a><br>
       <a href="decisions/precdec.htm" target="_parent"> Precedential Decisions</a><br>
       <a href="publicaffairs/publicaffairs.htm" target="_parent"> Press Releases</a><br>
       <a href="publicaffairs/regulations.htm" target="_blank"> Privacy Act Regulations</a><br>
       <a href="privacy/index.htm" target="_parent">Privacy Program</a><br>
       <a href="probono/index.htm" target="_parent"> Pro Bono Representation</a><br>
       <a href="publicaffairs/contracting.htm" target="_parent"> Procurement</a><br>
        Prohibited Personnel Practices<br>
       Q<br>
       R<br>

       
       <a href="publicaffairs/regulations.htm" target="_blank"> Regulations</a><br>
       
       <a href="regulatoryreview/index.htm" title="Regulatory Review Initiative">Regulatory Review Initiative</a> <br>
       Research Briefs<br>
        <a href="appeals/resources.htm" target="_parent"> Resources</a><br>
       
       <a href="appeals/files/Review_Process.pdf" target="_blank">Review Processes</a> <br>
       S<br>
       
       <a href="studies/searchstudies.htm" target="_parent">Search Studies</a><br>
       <a href="significantcases/index.htm" target="_parent">Significant Cases</a><br>
        Strategic Plans<br>
       <a href="https://listserv.mspb.gov/scripts/wa-MSPB.exe?A0=MSPB-STUDIESLIST-L" target="_blank">Studies Listserv</a><br>
       <a href="studies/index.htm" target="_parent">Studies (main page)</a><br>
       Studies (view All)<br>
       
       <a href="https://e-appeal.mspb.gov/" target="_blank">Submit Appeal (e-Appeal)</a><br>
       <a href="sunshinemeeting/index.htm" target="_blank"> Sunshine Act Meeting</a><br>
       Surveys of Federal Employees<br> 
       T<br>Technical Support<br>
        Training<br>
       U<br>
       <a href="https://www.usa.gov/" target="_blank"> USA.gov</a><br>
       <a href="appeals/uscode.htm" target="_parent"> U.S. Code</a><br>
       
       <a href="https://www.oge.gov/" target="_blank"> U.S. Office of Government Ethics<br>
         </a> V <br>
   
       Video Introduction to the MSPB <br>
       W<br>
       <a href="https://oig.justice.gov/hotline" target="_blank"> Whistleblower Resources (Department of Justice)</a><br>
       <a href="https://osc.gov/Pages/about.aspx" target="_blank"> Whistleblower Resources (Office of Special Counsel)</a><br>
       <a href="appeals/whistleblower.htm" target="_parent"> Whistleblower Questions and Answers</a><br>
       X<br>
       Y<br>
       Z </td>
     </tr>
 </table>
</div>
</main>
 <footer class="usa-footer usa-footer-medium" role="contentinfo">
  <div class="usa-grid usa-footer-return-to-top">
    Return to top
  </div>
  <div class="usa-footer-primary-section">
    <div class="usa-grid">
      <nav class="usa-footer-nav">
        <ul class="usa-unstyled-list">
                   <li class="usa-width-one-sixth usa-footer-primary-content">
            <a class="usa-footer-primary-link" href="about/about.htm">About MSPB</a>
          </li>
			  <li class="usa-width-one-sixth usa-footer-primary-content"><a href="publicaffairs/accessibility.htm" class="usa-footer-primary-link">Accessibility</a></li>
           <li class="usa-width-one-sixth usa-footer-primary-content">
            <a class="usa-footer-primary-link" href="about/annual.htm">Budget and Performance</a>
          </li>
          <li class="usa-width-one-sixth usa-footer-primary-content">
            <a class="usa-footer-primary-link" href="FOIA/request.htm">FOIA</a>
          </li>
          <li class="usa-width-one-sixth usa-footer-primary-content">
			  <a class="usa-footer-primary-link" href="informationqualitystandards/">Info Quality Standards</a></li>
          <li class="usa-width-one-sixth usa-footer-primary-content">
            <a class="usa-footer-primary-link" href="about/eeo.htm#NoFEAR">No FEAR Act</a>
          </li>
    
          <li class="usa-width-one-sixth usa-footer-primary-content">
            <a class="usa-footer-primary-link" href="publicaffairs/ig.htm">Office of the Inspector General</a>
          </li>
          <li class="usa-width-one-sixth usa-footer-primary-content">
            <a class="usa-footer-primary-link" href="privacy/index.htm">Privacy Program</a>
          </li>   
           <li class="usa-width-one-sixth usa-footer-primary-content">
            <a class="usa-footer-primary-link" href="e-appeal/support/index.htm">Technical Support</a>
          </li>
          <li class="usa-width-one-sixth usa-footer-primary-content">
            <a class="usa-footer-primary-link" href="https://www.usa.gov/" target="_blank">USA.gov</a>
			</li>
				<li class="usa-width-one-sixth usa-footer-primary-content">
            <a href="https://osc.gov" target="_blank" class="usa-footer-primary-link">OSC.gov</a>
			</li>
				 <li class="usa-width-one-sixth usa-footer-primary-content">
            <a href="https://vote.gov/" target="_blank" class="usa-footer-primary-link">Vote.gov</a>
			</li>
        </ul>
      </nav>
    </div>
  </div>

  <div class="usa-footer-secondary_section">
    <div class="usa-grid">
      <div class="usa-footer-logo usa-width-one-half">
        <img class="usa-footer-logo-img" src="img/logo-img.png" alt="Logo image">
        <h3 class="usa-footer-logo-heading">U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board</h3>
      </div>
      <div class="usa-footer-contact-links usa-width-one-half">
    
     		  <h3 class="usa-footer-contact-heading">Agency Contact Center</h3>
        <address>
          <div class="usa-footer-primary-content usa-footer-contact_info">
            <p>
              (202) 653-7200
            </p>
          </div>
          <div class="usa-footer-primary-content usa-footer-contact_info">
            <p>mspb@mspb.gov</p>
          </div>
        </address>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</footer>

    <script src="js/uswds.js"></script>
<!--<script type="text/javascript">
!function(){var t=function(){var t=document.createElement("script");t.src="https://ws.audioeye.com/ae.js",t.type="text/javascript",t.setAttribute("async",""),document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].appendChild(t)};"complete"!==document.readyState?window.addEventListener?window.addEventListener("load",t):window.attachEvent&&window.attachEvent("onload",t):t()}()
</script> -->
	  </body>
</html>