Office of Special Counsel

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OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

Suite 300, 1730 M Street NW., Washington, DC 20036-4505

Phone, 800-872-9855. Fax, 202-653-5151. Internet, www.osc.gov.

Special Counsel Elaine Kaplan

Deputy Special Counsel Timothy Hannapel

Associate Special Counsel for William E. Reukauf

Prosecution

Associate Special Counsel for Leonard M. Dribinsky

Complaints and Disclosure Analysis

Associate Special Counsel for Ruth Robinson Ertel

Investigation

Associate Special Counsel for Erin McDonnell

Planning and Advice

Director, Congressional and Public Affairs Jane McFarland

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The Office of Special Counsel investigates allegations of certain activities prohibited by civil service laws, rules, or regulations and litigates before the Merit Systems Protection Board.

Activities

The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) was established on January 1, 1979, by Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. app.). The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 1101 note), which became effective on January 11, 1979, enlarged its functions and powers. Pursuant to provisions of the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (5 U.S.C. 1211 et seq.), OSC functions as an independent investigative and prosecutorial agency within the executive branch which litigates before the Merit Systems Protection Board.

The primary role of OSC is to protect employees, former employees, and applicants for employment from prohibited personnel practices, especially reprisal for whistleblowing.Its basic areas of statutory responsibility are:

--receiving and investigating allegations of prohibited personnel practices and other activities prohibited by civil service law, rule, or regulation and, if...

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