Resources

Here are some additional resources and information for Federal Civilians, and the people who love them:

A basic primer on civil service law
https://guides.loc.gov/federal-civil-service-employment-law

You can review your employment rights under federal law here
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/employee-relations/employee-rights-appeals/#url=Appeals

To understand prohibited personnel practices, including the right to appeal
https://www.mspb.gov/ppp/ppp.htm#faq

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/employee-relations/employee-rights-appeals

United States Merit Board (how to file an electronic appeal)
https://www.mspb.gov/appeals/appeals.htm

United States Office of Special Counsel (how to file an electronic complaint)
https://osc.gov/Pages/File-Complaint-Portal.aspx

Freedom of Information Act (how to file an electronic FOIA Request for all available agencies including OPM….current legal action is underway to include DOGE and USDS)
https://www.foia.gov/how-to.html

A public resource tracking the legal challenges to the Trump administration’s actions
https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/

General Resources

– Civil Service Strong
https://www.civilservicestrong.org/

– Partnership for Public Service
https://ourpublicservice.org/

– Dear Civil Servant
https://www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/dear-civil-servant

– Public Service Alliance
https://thepublicservicealliance.com/

– Justice Connection (for DOJ employees)
https://www.thejusticeconnection.org/

Union websites

Several unions have a national consultation relationship with the Office of Personnel Management.

Find your union here
https://www.opm.gov/labor-management-relations/labor-management-relations/

-American Federation of Government Employees: www.afge.org

-The National Federation of Federal Employees: www.nffe.org

–National Association of Government Employees: www.nage.org

Legal Defense Fund Resources

– Five Rights of Federal Workers: https://www.naacpldf.org/five-rights-federal-workers/

– Equal Protection Initiative at LDF: https://www.naacpldf.org/equal-protection-initiative/

– TMI’s Project 2025 Report, “What Project 2025 Means for Black Communities”: https://tminstituteldf.org/what-project-2025-means-for-black-communities/

Whistleblower Resources

To understand statutory whistleblower protections and accompanying resources: https://whistleblower.house.gov/resources/resources-whistleblowers

-Government Accountability Project: https://whistleblower.org/

First Amendment Resources

– Federal Employee Speech & the First Amendment: https://www.acludc.org/sites/default/files/field_documents/free_speech_fed_employees_kyr.pdf

– Hatch Act FAQ: https://osc.gov/FAQ#tabGroup01