Reading Room Document

Jurisdiction of the Office of Special Counsel, Merit Systems Protection Board, Under 5 U.S.C. §§ 1206(b)(2) and (7)

The Office of Special Counsel, Merit Systems Protection Board, has no authority under 5 U.S.C. §§ 1206(b)(2) and (7), to require another agency to submit a report concerning allegations of misconduct not made by a federal employee or an applicant for federal employment. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/22601/download.

March 13, 1981