Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel March 13, 1981 (Jurisdiction of the Office of Special Counsel, Merit Systems Protection Board, Under 5 U.S.C. §§ 1206(b)(2) and (7))

Jurisdiction of the Office of Special Counsel, Merit Systems

Protection Board, Under 5 U.S.C. §§ 1206(b)(2) and (7)

T h e Office o f Special Counsel, M erit System s Protection Board, has no authority under 5

U.S.C. §§ 1206(b)(2) and (7), to require another agency to subm it a report concerning

allegations o f m isconduct not m ade by a federal em ployee o r an applicant for federal

em ploym ent.