OPM HR 2.0 Simulator Lab™ · Case 001
Due Process Under Pressure
The course taught the rule. The lab makes the learner protect the rule while facts, people, deadlines, and institutional pressure collide.
Simulation 001: The Unapproved Release
A management team wants immediate action after a sensitive external transmission. The learner serves as Dana Brooks, Senior Employee Relations Specialist, and must preserve accountability without sacrificing constitutional and statutory due process.
- Confirm employee and action coverage
- Separate allegation from proof
- Draft a charge supported by the record
- Protect meaningful notice and reply
- Recognize and prevent ex parte contamination
- Preserve an independent deciding official
- Build a review-ready administrative record
- Complete the final process audit
Educational simulation: All people, agencies, facts, records, and outcomes are fictional. This capability demonstration applies governmentwide principles for instructional purposes. It is not legal advice, does not replace agency counsel, policy, delegation, or a collective-bargaining agreement, and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
