[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR1200.10]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
               CHAPTER II--MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
 
PART 1200--BOARD ORGANIZATION--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart B--Offices of the Board
 
Sec. 1200.10  Staff organization and functions.

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1204 (h) and (j).


    (a) The Board's headquarters staff is organized into the following 
offices and divisions:
    (1) Office of Regional Operations.
    (2) Office of the Administrative Law Judge.
    (3) Office of Appeals Counsel.
    (4) Office of the Clerk of the Board.
    (5) Office of the General Counsel.
    (6) Office of Policy and Evaluation.
    (7) Office of Equal Employment Opportunity.

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    (8) Financial and Administrative Management Division.
    (9) Information Resources Management Division.
    (b) The principal functions of the Board's headquarters offices are 
as follows:
    (1) Office of Regional Operations. The Director, Office of Regional 
Operations, manages the adjudicatory and administrative functions of the 
MSPB regional and field offices.
    (2) Office of the Administrative Law Judge. The Administrative Law 
Judge hears Hatch Act cases, disciplinary action complaints brought by 
the Special Counsel, actions against administrative law judges, appeals 
of actions taken against MSPB employees, and other cases that the Board 
assigns.
    (3) Office of Appeals Counsel. The Director, Office of Appeals 
Counsel, prepares proposed decisions that recommend appropriate action 
by the Board in petition for review cases, original jurisdiction cases, 
and other cases assigned by the Board.
    (4) Office of the Clerk of the Board. The Clerk of the Board enters 
petitions for review and other headquarters cases onto the Board's 
docket and monitors their processing. The Clerk of the Board also does 
the following:
    (i) Serves as the Board's public information center, including 
providing information on the status of cases, distributing copies of 
Board decisions and publications, and operating the Board's Library and 
on-line information services;
    (ii) Manages the Board's records, reports, legal research, and 
correspondence control programs; and
    (iii) Answers requests under the Freedom of Information and Privacy 
Acts at the Board's headquarters, and answers other requests for 
information except those for which the Office of the General Counsel or 
the Office of Policy and Evaluation is responsible.
    (5) Office of the General Counsel. The General Counsel provides 
legal advice to the Board and its headquarters and regional offices; 
represents the Board in court proceedings; prepares proposed decisions 
for the Board in cases that the Board assigns; coordinates legislative 
policy and performs legislative liaison; responds to requests for non-
case related information from the White House, Congress, and the media; 
and plans and directs audits and investigations.
    (6) Office of Policy and Evaluation. The Director, Policy and 
Evaluation, carries out the Board's statutory responsibility to conduct 
special reviews and studies of the civil service and other merit systems 
in the Executive Branch, as well as oversight reviews of the significant 
actions of the Office of Personnel Management. The office prepares the 
Board's reports of these reviews and studies, submits them to the 
President and the Congress, and makes them available to other interested 
individuals and organizations. The office is responsible for 
distributing the Board's reports and for responding to requests for 
information or briefings concerning them.
    (7) Office of Equal Employment Opportunity. The Director, Office of 
Equal Employment Opportunity, manages the Board's equal employment 
programs.
    (8) Financial and Administrative Management Division. The Financial 
and Administrative Management Division administers the budget, 
procurement, property management, physical security, and general 
services functions of the Board. It develops and coordinates internal 
management programs and projects, including review of internal controls 
agencywide. It performs certain personnel functions, including policy, 
training, drug testing, and the Employee Assistance Program. It also 
administers the agency's cross-servicing arrangements with the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture's National Finance Center for accounting, 
payroll, and personnel action processing services and with the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture's APHIS Business Services for most human 
resources management services.
    (9) Information Resources Management Division. The Information 
Resources Management Division develops, implements, and maintains the 
Board's automated information systems.
    (c) Regional and Field Offices. The Board has regional and field 
offices located throughout the country (See Appendix II to 5 CFR part 
1201 for a list of the regional and field offices). Judges in the 
regional and field offices hear

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and decide initial appeals and other assigned cases as provided for in 
the Board's regulations.

[62 FR 49589, Sept. 23, 1997, as amended at 64 FR 15916, Apr. 2, 1999]