(November 21, 2017, 11:44 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Nov. 17 affirmed a merit system board’s decision to suspend a former employee for failure to use his government purchase credit card to make work-related purchases, finding that the employee’s protected disclosures did not have an effect on the board’s decision to suspend him (Rick D. Salerno v. Department of the Interior, No. 2017-1145, Fed. Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 23137)....