The Board's original jurisdiction includes the following cases:
 
   
   (a) Actions brought by the Special Counsel under 
   5 U.S.C. 1214, 
   1215, and 
   1216; 
   
   
   (b) Requests, by persons removed from the Senior Executive Service for performance deficiencies, for informal hearings; and 
   
   
   (c) Actions taken against administrative law judges under 
   5 U.S.C. 7521. 
   
   
  
    54 FR 53504, 12/29/1989, as amended at 62 FR 66814, 12/22/1997