May I work with OPMs Ombudsman concurrent with filing a regulatory or statutory appeal, such as with the Merit Systems Protection Board?
No, however, the Ombudsman’s office is available for informal attempts
at dispute resolution. There may be some limited circumstances during
which an appeal is being pursued through the regulatory/statutory
process the Ombudsman’s office can help resolve the issue. Generally
speaking, if there is a statutory and/or regulatory process available
that process needs to be used and those timeframes must be met.
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