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  • Office of Special Counsel: learn the definition in our legal glossary.

  • Whistleblower Protection Act: Protection for Federal Employees, our practice area related to Office of Special Counsel
    The Firm's attorneys are nationally recognized for their successful representation of federal sector whistleblowers in cases brought before the Office of Special Counsel ("OSC") under the Whistleblower Protection Act. We have obtained significant settlements and secured important legal victories for federal government employees who have blown the whistle on fraud, waste, abuse and other violations of the law.

  • Letter to Fred Fielding
    I am writing on behalf of my clients, a group of career OSC employees and four public interest organizations, who filed a Complaint of Prohibited Personnel Practices Against U.S. Special Counsel Scott J. Bloch ("OSC Complaint") with President George W. Bush in March 2005. This OSC Complaint was assigned for investigation to Patrick McFarland, the Inspector General for the Office of Personnel Management, in April 2005. I am writing to request that you direct the OPM IG to provide you with an interim report or substantive briefing regarding what its investigation has uncovered to date, and to explain the reasons for its long delay in concluding this investigation.

  • The Washington Post reports on letter sent by Debra S. Katz to Fred Fielding, White House Counsel
    The Washington Post quoted from Ms. Katz's letter to Mr. Fielding concerning Special Counsel Scott Bloch's obstruction of the investigation of the OPM IG into allegations of prohibited personnel practices and other serious violations of federal law by Bloch, including retaliation against employees who disputed his policies. "Debra S. Katz, the lawyer, contended that Bloch 'has succeeded in obstructing and delaying this investigation,' most recently by directing current and former staff aides to refuse to provide answers to questions from the OPM inspector general, Patrick McFarland. In the letter, Katz said that 'Bloch's end-game here is obvious. He intends to play out the clock through the end of the president's term and avoid any responsibility or consequences for his misconduct.'"

  • Head of Rove Inquiry in Hot Seat Himself
    The head of the federal agency investigating Karl Rove's White House political operation is facing allegations that he improperly deleted computer files during another probe, using a private computer-help company. Scott Bloch runs the Office of Special Counsel, an agency charged with protecting government whistleblowers and enforcing a ban on federal employees engaging in partisan political activity. Mr. Bloch's agency is looking into whether Mr. Rove and other White House officials used government agencies to help re-elect Republicans in 2006.

  • Watchdog Groups Oppose More Money for Special Counsel
    Government watchdog groups are pushing key lawmakers not to provide extra funds next year to the Office of Special Counsel, which has said it needs more money to complete a high-profile investigation into improper politicking at federal agencies.

  • Federal Circuit a 'hostile' forum?
    Originally passed in 1989, the Whistleblower Protection Act was intended to provide a mechanism for civil service employees to challenge retaliation and disclose waste, fraud and abuse. The act, unlike many other whistleblower provisions, allows employees to seek intervention by an outside independent agency, the Office of Special Counsel; access to an administrative legal proceeding to hear their case at the Merit Systems Protection Board; and, ultimately, access to the Federal Circuit to hear appeals of board decisions.

  • Edgar A. Domenech: OSC Report of Possible Prohibited Personnel Practices
    We request that OSC require ATF to restore Mr. Domenech, a 2005 recipient of the President Rank Award, to his position as Deputy Director, and that it seek a stay on his behalf with the Merit Systems Protection Board if ATF is not willing to do so voluntarily.

  • Avi Kumin's letter to White House counsel Fred Fielding 
    Noting parallels between the illegal hirings at the Department of Justice and those reported by KMB clients at the Office of Special Counsel, Mr. Avi Kumin asked that the White House instruct the Office of Personnel Management to issue a prompt finding in its investigation of the Office of Special Counsel.

  • Prohibited personnel practices


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