How I Became a Zen Master of Civil Service Law

By William Wiley, March 13, 2019 Way back in the early ’80s, when I was just a GS-12 ER puppy working for Navy, a brand new MSPB board member named Dennis Devaney spoke at a conference I had helped pull together. In his speech, he announced that the Board was about to...

Cook-ing a Sick Employee

By Deborah Hopkins, March 13, 2019 A few days ago I got a nice note from a FELTG customer, who had a question about an employee with excessive absences. Allow me to paraphrase a snippet that you might find interesting. I recall learning in one of your courses that a...

I Wanna Be in the Room Where It Happens

By Meghan Droste, March 13, 2019 As someone who is, shall we say, mildly obsessed with the musical Hamilton, I have to admit that I’m amazed that it took me over a year of writing these articles to work in a reference. We had to wait for it (that’s my favorite song so...

Cases Based on Failure to Meet a Condition of Employment

By Barbara Haga, March 13, 2019 In training classes on developing performance plans, I am often asked about putting language into standards that state employees are required to complete training or obtain necessary certifications. My response is that typically those...

The Good News: Ruby Slippers from President Trump

By Ann Boehm, March 13, 2019 I love The Wizard of Oz  (spoiler alert – this article will be discussing key moments in this movie, so if you have not seen it, I suggest you do so before reading more). In my youth, it came on television once a year. There were no...

Tips from the Other Side

By Meghan Droste, March 13, 2019 Our discussion of tips to make the discovery process more efficient continues this month with a topic that is near and dear to me—in other words, something that drives me crazy on a regular basis; something that counsel for agencies...

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