Articles by Susan Smith
Privacy Act Against TSA for Missing Data Dismissed by Court
Four Transportation Security Administration employees were not able to convince a court that their agency violated the Privacy Act when an agency hard drive with personal information on some 100,000 TSA employees went missing.
Posted: November 3, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Expunging Personnel Records and Creating a Public Record Through Appeals
A federal employee reached a settlement with the Army under which he resigned and the agency would rescind the removal for cause from his personnel records. He filed another appeal, created a public record, and got a decision that the Army had done what it agreed to do.
Posted: October 30, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
The Complexities and Frustrations of the Federal Human Resources Process
A GS-12 Internal Revenue Service employee, unhappy over her performance rating and discipline taken against her for making false statements on her pre-hire background investigation questionnaire, was unsuccessful in making a case that the agency's actions amounted to unlawful retaliation for her discrimination complaint.
Posted: October 29, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Divorce, Health Insurance and a Retired Federal Employee
A divorced spouse of a retired federal employee has been frustrated in her attempts to continue her coverage under his federal health insurance policy even though she had a court order requiring her ex-husband to "continue to pay...the premiums due on the medical" policy.
Posted: October 13, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Contractor Considered Agency Employee in EO Case Says Court
A recent case demonstrates that when the federal government gets too involved in personnel decisions affecting contract employees, it could open the door to equal employment opportunity complaints just as if the individual is in fact a government employee.
Posted: October 1, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
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Ms. Smith spent most of her 26-year federal government career with NASA, first at NASA Headquarters Office of General Counsel and then at Marshall Space Flight Center, serving as Chief Counsel there for more than 14 years. Her expertise is in government contracts, ethics, and personnel law.
She also spent one year as Assistant Counsel to the Select Committee on Ethics in the United States Senate where she was responsible for drafting the Senate's ground breaking Code of Ethical Conduct. At NASA, Ms. Smith was Deputy Associate General Counsel for General Law. She was appointed Chief Counsel at Marshall Space Flight Center in 1982, the first woman to hold a chief counsel position in the agency and to hold a Senior Executive Service position at Marshall. Another first was her appointment in 1996 as Associate Director of Marshall Space Flight Center.
Ms. Smith has a J.D and a B.A. degree from the George Washington University. Her publications include Practical Ethics for the Federal Employee.
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