Federal Civil Service: Confronting Challenges and Searching for Solutions

In acknowledgment of Public Service Recognition Week, the Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice hosted a panel discussion on challenges facing the federal civil service. The panel addressed the role of politics, the future of the US Merit Systems Protection Board, ways to improve the federal civil service, and more.

Panelists:

Tristan Leavitt, General Counsel/Acting Chief Executive and Administrative Officer, U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board

David E. Lewis, Professor, Rebecca Webb Wilson University Distinguished Professor, Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University

Anne Joseph O’Connell, Adelbert H. Sweet Professor of Law, Stanford Law School

Moderator:

Jill E. Family, Commonwealth Professor of Law and Government, and Director, Law and Government Institute, Widener University Commonwealth Law School