Merit Systems Protection Board Member Ray Limon, a Democrat, announced his retirement as the Trump administration targets the agency’s leadership and initiates firings and lay offs of federal workers.
Friday would be Limon’s last day at the agency, the MSPB said in a statement. His departure leaves the board—which hears personnel disputes between federal workers and their agencies—with a partisan deadlock of one Republican and one Democratic member.
Democratic MSPB Chair Cathy Harris was temporarily reinstated Feb. 18 by a federal district judge after she was fired by President
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