Introduction and scope -- Overview -- OSC operations -- OSC and the MSPB-Corrective and disciplinary actions -- MSPB processing of individuals' reprisal and other protected activity claims-OAAs and IRAs -- Whistleblower reprisal claims and the negotiated grievance process -- Stays -- Elements of a reprisal claim made by employees or applicants-a primer -- A closer look at the elements: protected disclosures and protected activity -- When a disclosure is not a disclosure -- Other aspects of a prima facie case: a personnel action and a contributing factor -- The agency's burden: it would have taken the action in the absence of whistleblowing or protected activity -- Remedies, damages and relief -- Administrative and judicial review -- National security employees: the Presidential policy directive protecting employees with access to classified information -- Appendices.
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