FLRA NEWS
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY – WASHINGTON, DC 20424
Contact: Eric Prag FLRA.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 771-444-5859 January 11, 2023
President Biden Announces Intent to Nominate Anne Wagner to be a Member of the FLRA
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. has announced his intent to nominate Anne Wagner to be a
Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA).
Anne Wagner currently serves as the Associate Special Counsel with the Office of Special
Counsel and has been in that role since 2015. Prior to that, she served as Vice Chairman of the
Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) after being nominated for that position by President
Obama and confirmed by the Senate in 2009. Wagner came to the MSPB after serving as
General Counsel of the Personnel Appeals Board of the Government Accountability Office
(GAO) where she had previously sat as a Board Member upon appointment by the U.S.
Comptroller General. She began her career as a staff attorney with the General Services
Administration, after which she went on to become an Assistant General Counsel for the
American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), AFL-CIO, the largest Federal-sector
labor organization. In her nearly 20 years with AFGE, she led precedent-setting litigation and
handled cases arising under the full array of laws governing Federal employment.
Wagner graduated from the University of Notre Dame and received her Juris Doctor from
George Washington University. She is a member of the bar in the District of Columbia,
Maryland, and Illinois and is admitted to practice before various Federal courts, including the
U.S. Supreme Court.
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The FLRA administers the labor-management relations program for 2.1 million non-Postal federal
employees worldwide, approximately 1.2 million of whom are represented in 2,200 bargaining
units. It is charged with providing leadership in establishing policies and guidance related to
federal-sector labor-management relations and with resolving disputes under, and ensuring
compliance with, the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute