WELCOME AND STATE OF THE BOARD ADDRESS
Neil A.G. McPhie, Chairman
United States Merit Systems Protection Board

EMERGING ISSUES IN WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION LAW

Moderator:
Alvin A. Schall, Circuit Judge
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 

Panelists:
Todd R. Platts, Congressman (Invited)
United States House of Representatives

William L. Bransford, Partner
Shaw, Bransford, Veilleux & Roth

Hillary A. Stern, Senior Trial Attorney
Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division
United States Department of Justice

Robert Vaughn, Professor of Law
American University Washington College of Law

AN EXAMINATION OF THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT'S
DEFERENCE TO BOARD INTERPRETATIONS OF
CIVIL SERVICE LAW

Panelists:
Daniel M. Friedman, Senior Circuit Judge
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Renn C. Fowler, Attorney
The Fowler Practice

Todd M. Hughes, Deputy Director
Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division
United States Department of Justice

Jeff Rosenblum, Adjunct Professor
George Mason University School of Law