The Merit Systems Protection Board, a quasi-judicial government body tasked with settling workplace disputes for millions of federal workers, is officially vacant for the first time in its 40-year history.
Mark Robbins, the last member of the now-vacant Merit Systems Protection Board, among a backlog of cases in his office in Washington on Aug. 7, 2018.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.WASHINGTON —
The three-member board needs at least two members to decide appeals from civil servants. All three members are presidentially appointed and Senate-confirmed for staggered seven-year terms, with no more than two affiliated with the same political party. After one member termed out in 2015 and a second did so in January 2017, both without replacements, Robbins became the board's sole member. His term expired at midnight on Feb. 28.
Robbins has been by himself on the board for more than two years. He's diligently reviewed the nearly 2,000 cases that have come across his desk, but without a second member to cast a vote on a resolution, those cases have sat idle in a fast-growing backlog. With no members on the board, that backlog will keep growing.
Robbins on Thursday told a House Committee on Oversight and Reform subcommittee that he expects it would take three years to clear the backlog.
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