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Office of Employee Appeals asks for funding for electronic filing, cites rising case complexity
Summary
The Office of Employee Appeals told the committee its FY26 proposal would fund a vacant senior administrative assistant and requested one‑time funding to modernize case tracking and support legal training, saying appeals are more complex and hearings longer.
Sheila Barfield, executive director of the Office of Employee Appeals, told the Committee on Executive Administration and Labor that OEA’s FY26 proposed operating budget is $2,541,732 with 14.5 FTEs and that the agency seeks one‑time funds to upgrade its case tracking to full electronic filing.
Barfield said OEA’s mission is to issue impartial decisions for D.C. government employees on adverse actions and other employment disputes. She told the committee OEA submitted enhancement requests: one to fully fund a vacant senior administrative assistant position and another for…
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