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Merit Systems Protection Board

The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) is an independent quasi-judicial agency that protects federal merit systems against partisan political and other prohibited personnel practices. It safeguards the rights of federal employees and adjudicates employee appeals.

Merit Systems Protection Board publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Civil Service, Employment, Federal Government, and Government.

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17.8/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemium
1 APIs
Civil ServiceEmploymentFederal GovernmentGovernment

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 17.8/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Merit Systems Protection Board

The Merit Systems Protection Board protects federal merit systems and safeguards the rights of federal employees against prohibited personnel practices under 5 U.S.C. 2301(b).

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Merit Systems Protection Board Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Merit Systems Protection Board Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Merit Systems Protection Board Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Merit Systems Protection Board Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Merit Systems Protection Board Vulnerability Disclosure

disclosure policy published

SECURITY

Resources

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: merit-systems-protection-board
name: Merit Systems Protection Board
description: The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) is an independent quasi-judicial agency that protects federal merit
  systems against partisan political and other prohibited personnel practices. It safeguards the rights of federal employees
  and adjudicates employee appeals.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/merit-systems-protection-board.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/merit-systems-protection-board/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Civil Service
- Employment
- Federal Government
- Government
created: '2024-12-03'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: merit-systems-protection-board:merit-systems-protection-board
  name: Merit Systems Protection Board
  tags:
  - Federal Government
  humanURL: https://www.mspb.gov
  properties:
  - url: https://www.mspb.gov
    type: Website
  description: The Merit Systems Protection Board protects federal merit systems and safeguards the rights of federal employees
    against prohibited personnel practices under 5 U.S.C. 2301(b).
common:
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/merit-systems-protection-board-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/merit-systems-protection-board-domain-security.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com