{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-1200.1","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 1200.1","heading":"Statement of purpose.","body":"The Merit Systems Protection Board (the Board) is an independent Government agency that operates like a court. The Board was created to ensure that all Federal government agencies follow Federal merit systems practices. The Board does this by adjudicating Federal employee appeals of agency personnel actions, and by conducting special reviews and studies of Federal merit systems.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER II—MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD","SUBCHAPTER A—ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURES","PART 1200—BOARD ORGANIZATION","Subpart A—General"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-5.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:53Z","sha256":"e66bb1bcaad70719eb05aeae0b4e0b51e474bdcfbc819f844498812b0ff37cac","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-1001.102","next":"us/5-cfr-1200.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}