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Stone federal office building with an Office of Personnel Management sign in Washington.

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MSPB Narrows Federal Employee Appeal Jurisdiction

Starting Sept. 2, most new probationary-termination, suitability and reduction-in-force appeals move out of the Merit Systems Protection Board, while earlier matters and Foreign Service RIF cases remain.

People gather around tables at a Small Business Administration event inside a hotel.

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SBA Ends Group-Based 8(a) Presumption

Beginning Sept. 10, pending individually owned applicants must establish social disadvantage without the former rebuttable presumption; already certified participants are not required to requalify.