Hunt v. Office of Personnel Management

DECISION

Peter W. Hunt appeals from the decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board dismissing his appeal for lack of jurisdiction and alternatively ruling against him on the merits. Hunt v. OPM, No. CH-3443-00-0859-1-1, slip op. at 3-4 (MSPB Dec. 19, 2000). Although the Board erred in dismissing Hunt’s appeal for lack of jurisdiction, we affirm the Board’s decision on the merits.

*903DISCUSSION

Hunt is a veteran employed by the Department of the Army. Id. at 1. Following the posting of information on the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM’s) web site concerning the awarding of veterans’…