Legal Opinion
Janice R. Lachance, Director, Office of Personnel Management v. John E. White, and Merit Systems Protection Board
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 14, 1999No. 98-3249PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAYER, Chief Judge.
The Director of the Office of Personnel Management (“OPM”) seeks review of the final order of the Merit Systems Protection Board, White v. Department of the Air Force, 78 M.S.P.R. 38 (1998), which found that Air Force employee John E. White made disclosures protected by the Whistleblower Protection Act, 5 U.S.C. § 2302(b)(8) (1994) (“WPA”). Because the board failed to properly evaluate whether White had a reasonable belief that his disclosures evidenced gross mismanagement by the Air Force, we reverse and remand.
Background
White was a GM-13 Supervisory Education Services…
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