Arthur A. Maule v. Merit Systems Protection Board

NIES, Circuit Judge.

Arthur A. Maulé seeks review of the final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board, Case No. SL300A8610098, 31 M.S.P.R. 26, dismissing his appeal for lack of jurisdiction. We vacate and remand.

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Maulé, a GS-11 Computer Programmer Analyst employed by the Department of Agriculture (the agency) and an Air Force Reservist, was on active duty in Turkey from June 25, 1984, to July 7, 1984, plus required travel time, a period asserted by Maulé to be sixteen days. Within that time frame, the agency had the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) put out public notices to recruit…