MERIT Act

The Problem

From start to finish, it can take federal agency management more than one year to dismiss a poor performing employee and work to replace them. It has proven easier to promote or transfer poorly performing government employees than to terminate them - resulting in diminished efficiency, workplace morale, and quality of service to Americans.

The Solution

Civil service employee dismissal should be modeled after the private sector. To ensure the highest-performing federal workers are in place to serve the public, Congress must:

Increase agency management's power to remove poor employees
Expedite timelines; 7 - 21 days' notice of action; simple presentation of cause with employees given opportunity to respond
Retain employee right to appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board
Cap appeal decision time at 30 days, after which the dismissal is upheld, unless declared otherwise
Require that if the 3--day deadline is not met, MSPB must report to Congress and the oversight committees in the House and Senate and explain non-compliance
Uphold whistleblower protections

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MERIT Monday Series

	In the News
	- David Perdue Proposes Holding Federal Employees to Account READ MORE - From the Daily Caller: The Government Needs to Hold More Federal Employees Accountable For Misconduct READ MORE - From Fox News: Labor Day 2018: To drain the swamp, you must be able to fire the swamp READ MORE - From Village-News: Fixing Washington D.C. begins with common sense bureaucratic reform READ MORE - From the Federal Times: House moves forward on feds-restricting bills READ MORE - From the Daily Torch: MERIT Act passes out of committee, proceeds to House floor READ MORE - From Americans for Limited Government: FIRETHESWAMP.COM banner flies across D.C.-Metro area, video exclusive from Fox 5 DC as ALG urges cosponsors for MERIT Act - READ MORE - From Breitbart News: ‘Fire the Swamp’ Banner to Fly over D.C. Beltway - READ MORE - FreedomWorks’ Bill of the Month for February 2017: MERIT Act, H.R. 559 - READ MORE

	Press Releases
	- Conservative Groups Support the MERIT Act READ MORE - Rep. Loudermilk Works to Drain the Swamp READ MORE - Senator David Perdue Leads Effort To Restore Accountability In Government READ MORE - Conservative Groups Support the MERIT Act READ MORE - MERIT Act Passes Key Committee in the House READ MORE - Senator David Perdue Pushes To #DrainTheSwamp READ MORE - Rep. Loudermilk: The MERIT Act Answers President Trump’s Call READ MORE

Media Center

On July 18, 2018, Rep. Loudermilk (R-GA) appeared on “Tipping Point” on the One America News Network to discuss his bill, the MERIT Act.

- Congressman Barry Loudermilk joins Freedom Works to talk about the MERIT Act, which makes it easier to fire federal employees who aren't doing their jobs.