Summary: Several items of interest are discussed this week by Peter Broida: Certiorari Petition: Vocke v. MSPB (equitable tolling of Federal Circuit deadline for filing judicial petitions for review of MSPB decisions); Parkinson v. DOJ, ___F.3d___ (Fed. Cir. 2017) (FBI agents lack whistleblowing affirmative defense in MSPB adverse action appeals); Dr. Chris Kirkpatrick Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017 (agencies are required to provide training on whistleblowing; agencies must discipline supervisors who are found to have engaged in whistleblower reprisal); Tables of Penalties: a congressional study in the context of sexual harassment cases. deweypub.com/store/NaCA909.html;
