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THE MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD ANNOUNCES AN 

ADDITIONAL EXTENSION OF DEADLINES TO ACCOUNT FOR THE 

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023, OUTAGE OF THE E-APPEAL ONLINE SYSTEM

On August 4, 2023, the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) announced 

that it will launch a new, modern version of its current e-Appeal Online system on 

October 2, 2023. As part of that press release, MSPB announced a planned offline 

system transition period and downtime of the current e-Appeal Online system to allow 

for the migration of data and records. 

The current e-Appeal Online system was scheduled to go offline beginning on

Saturday, September 9, 2023, through Sunday, October 1, 2023; this offline period 

would prevent users from filing new appeals or pleadings using the current e-Appeal 

Online system. Unfortunately, on Friday, September 8, 2023, at approximately 1:00 p.m. 

EDT, the current e-Appeal Online system experienced an unscheduled outage that 

lasted through 11:59 p.m. that day – the time at which it was previously scheduled to be 

taken offline. This outage affected parties’ ability to file new appeals and pleadings and 

to view the e-Appeal Repository. 

Given the unscheduled outage of the current e-Appeal Online system on 

September 8, 2023, and the effect that the outage may have had on parties who were 

attempting to file new appeals or pleadings, MSPB is extending the previously

announced extension of filing and processing deadlines to include Friday, September 8, 

2023. Accordingly: 

• All filing and processing deadlines that fell on Friday, September 8, 2023, are

now extended to Tuesday, October 10, 2023. 

• All filing and processing deadlines that fall from Saturday, September 9, 2023, 

through Friday, October 6, 2023, will be extended by 28 calendar days.

• These extensions apply to all deadlines before MSPB, including those at the 

initial appeal and petition for review levels. The extensions are automatic, so 

parties will not be required to request them or show good cause for an 

extension. 
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• These automatic extensions do not apply, however, to any deadlines that 

passed before Friday, September 8, 2023, or to deadlines that fall on or after 

Saturday, October 7, 2023. 

• Filing time limits of external reviewing authorities (e.g., Federal courts and the 

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) are not affected.

All other announcements from the August 4, 2023, press release regarding the 

availability of the e-Appeal Repository through the transition period, the suspension of 

case processing at MSPB during the transition period, and the October 2, 2023, go live 

date for the new e-Appeal remain in effect. 

For the latest information about the new e-Appeal, including frequently asked 

questions, visit the e-Appeal Information Hub on the MSPB website.

The U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) is an independent, quasi-judicial agency whose mission is to 

protect the Merit System Principles and promote an effective Federal workforce free of Prohibited Personnel 

Practices.