Summary: The Merit Systems Protection Board hit a rather unfortunate milestone this month: Three years now without a quorum. The backlog topped 2,500 pending appeals at the end of 2019, the most in agency history. Tristan Leavitt is the general counsel and acting chief executive and administrative officer at the MSPB. He told Federal News Network's Nicole Ogrysko about the backlog and what the agency has been able to get done over the past three years. The president's three nominees to fill the board are stuck in the Senate confirmation process. Now the delays have sparked a debate over who's to blame for the historic absences at the MSPB. Ogrysko reported those arguments have turned heated, and they illustrate a broader debate over the status quo in the civil service system. Hear the full interview on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
