Summary: Several items of interest are discussed this week by Peter Broida: Eller v. OPM, 2014 MSPB 72 (Sept. 5, 2014): reflections on attempting to establish retirement benefit entitlements through MSPB settlements. Reflections on the Board's Mediation Appeals Program: assessment of practitioners' evaluations of the Program over the past few years. Reflections on constitutional law from a Board perspective: Is the First Amendment a law implementing or concerning merit system principles in a Special Counsel prohibited personnel practice corrective action case? The interesting separate opinions of Chairman Grundmann and Member Robbins. Special Counsel ex rel. Cefalu v. Dept. of Justice, CB-1214-13-0187-T-1 (NP Sept. 8, 2014).
