{"description":"Documents from Personnel Management Office","count":4027,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bagencies%5D%5B%5D=personnel-management-office&format=json&page=2&search_after_cursor=WzE3ODU3MTUyMDAwMDAsIjIwMjYtMTU2NjUiXQ","results":[{"title":"Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Optimizing FEHB Plan Offerings","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This request for information (RFI) seeks public input on how to optimize health benefits plan options offered in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program, which includes the Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program, to give enrollees high value choices at competitive costs while ensuring the appropriate number and distribution of options are available to enrollees. Currently, health benefits plans in the FEHB Program are limited to offering three options or two options and a high-deductible health plan (HDHP) pursuant to 5 CFR 890.201(b)(3)(i). The information gathered through this RFI will inform the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) as to whether modifications to the current FEHB regulations are needed through future notice and comment rulemaking as OPM explores ways to optimize the FEHB and PSHB portfolio and provide enrollees with high value choices at competitive costs.","document_number":"2026-18944","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/15/2026-18944/federal-employees-health-benefits-program-optimizing-fehb-plan-offerings","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-09-15/pdf/2026-18944.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-18944.pdf?1789389923","publication_date":"2026-09-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","name":"Personnel Management Office","id":406,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/personnel-management-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/406","parent_id":null,"slug":"personnel-management-office"}],"excerpts":"This request for information (RFI) seeks public input on how to optimize health benefits plan options offered in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program, which includes the Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program, to give enrollees..."},{"title":"Promoting Employee Accountability","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"OPM is reopening the public comment period for additional comments on OPM data and a new report published by a nongovernmental organization. OPM is releasing current data that is relevant to the proposed rule published on July 2, 2026, entitled \"Promoting Employee Accountability.\" OPM is also interested in receiving public comment on a report published by We the Doers published on August 27, 2026. Accordingly, OPM is reopening the rulemaking for public comment specifically with respect to the proposed rule as informed by the newly released data and the report. The comment period for the proposed rule closed August 3, 2026; it is now reopened for two weeks.","document_number":"2026-18943","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/15/2026-18943/promoting-employee-accountability","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-09-15/pdf/2026-18943.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-18943.pdf?1789389924","publication_date":"2026-09-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","name":"Personnel Management Office","id":406,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/personnel-management-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/406","parent_id":null,"slug":"personnel-management-office"}],"excerpts":"OPM is reopening the public comment period for additional comments on OPM data and a new report published by a nongovernmental organization. OPM is releasing current data that is relevant to the proposed rule published on July 2, 2026, entitled..."},{"title":"Shared Certificates and Pooled Hiring Actions","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing an interim rule to improve hiring efficiency across federal agencies, modify provisions pertaining to how an appointing authority (i.e., the head of a Federal agency or department) may share a competitive certificate with one or more appointing authorities, implement provisions to allow an appointing authority to share an excepted service certificate with one or more appointing authorities, and implement provisions regarding OPM-led hiring actions which allow federal agencies to utilize competitive and excepted service certificates for occupations common to many agencies.","document_number":"2026-18828","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/15/2026-18828/shared-certificates-and-pooled-hiring-actions","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-09-15/pdf/2026-18828.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-18828.pdf?1789389914","publication_date":"2026-09-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","name":"Personnel Management Office","id":406,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/personnel-management-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/406","parent_id":null,"slug":"personnel-management-office"}],"excerpts":"The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing an interim rule to improve hiring efficiency across federal agencies, modify provisions pertaining to how an appointing authority (i.e., the head of a Federal agency or department) may share a..."},{"title":"Reduction in Force; Correction","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on August 3, 2026, and became effective on September 2, 2026. That rule revised OPM's reduction in force regulations and made related revisions to the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) regulations. An amendatory instruction in the rule inadvertently resulted in the removal of two paragraphs from the definition of \"displaced\". This document restores those paragraphs.","document_number":"2026-18800","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/15/2026-18800/reduction-in-force-correction","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-09-15/pdf/2026-18800.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-18800.pdf?1789389910","publication_date":"2026-09-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","name":"Personnel Management Office","id":406,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/personnel-management-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/406","parent_id":null,"slug":"personnel-management-office"}],"excerpts":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on August 3, 2026, and became effective on September 2, 2026. That rule revised OPM's reduction in force regulations and made related revisions to..."},{"title":"Critical Position Pay Authority","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is amending its regulations governing the critical position pay (CPP) authority to establish level I of the Executive Schedule as the default maximum critical pay rate, with higher rates subject to written approval by the Director of OPM. The final rule eliminates non-statutory caps and approval criteria; addresses the use of service agreements; clarifies that reductions or terminations of CPP are not adverse actions or subject to grievance or appeal rights; and clarifies the treatment of critical pay rates as basic pay. This final rule simplifies and better aligns OPM's regulations with governing law and delegated authority.","document_number":"2026-17442","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/26/2026-17442/critical-position-pay-authority","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-26/pdf/2026-17442.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-17442.pdf?1787661918","publication_date":"2026-08-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","name":"Personnel Management Office","id":406,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/personnel-management-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/406","parent_id":null,"slug":"personnel-management-office"}],"excerpts":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is amending its regulations governing the critical position pay (CPP) authority to establish level I of the Executive Schedule as the default maximum critical pay rate, with higher rates subject to written..."},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; New Matching Program","type":"Notice","abstract":"In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance on computer matching, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is providing notice of the establishment of a new matching program. Pursuant to the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (PIIA), OPM is establishing a matching program with the Department of the Treasury's Do Not Pay (DNP) Working System, which is administered by the Bureau of the Fiscal Service. The matching program will enable OPM Retirement Services to compare records maintained in OPM systems of records with records maintained in the DNP Working System for the purposes of identifying and preventing improper payments and conducting related recovery activities by verifying pre-payment eligibility through Do Not Pay. OPM has determined that this matching program satisfies the eligibility requirements for the waiver of the computer matching agreement requirement under OMB Memorandum M-25-32.","document_number":"2026-17369","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/26/2026-17369/privacy-act-of-1974-new-matching-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-26/pdf/2026-17369.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-17369.pdf?1787661910","publication_date":"2026-08-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","name":"Personnel Management Office","id":406,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/personnel-management-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/406","parent_id":null,"slug":"personnel-management-office"}],"excerpts":"In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance on computer matching, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is providing notice of the establishment of a new matching program. Pursuant..."},{"title":"Reduction in Force Appeals; Correction","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published a final rule in the Federal Register on August 3, 2026, concerning reduction in force appeals. That document contained typographical and citation errors in the regulatory text. This document corrects the final rule.","document_number":"2026-17338","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/25/2026-17338/reduction-in-force-appeals-correction","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-25/pdf/2026-17338.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-17338.pdf?1787575529","publication_date":"2026-08-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","name":"Personnel Management Office","id":406,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/personnel-management-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/406","parent_id":null,"slug":"personnel-management-office"}],"excerpts":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published a final rule in the Federal Register on August 3, 2026, concerning reduction in force appeals. That document contained typographical and citation errors in the regulatory text. This document corrects..."},{"title":"Suitability Action Appeals; Correction","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published a final rule in the Federal Register on August 3, 2026, concerning suitability action appeals. That document contained typographical and structural errors in the regulatory text. This document corrects the final rule.","document_number":"2026-17337","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/25/2026-17337/suitability-action-appeals-correction","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-25/pdf/2026-17337.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-17337.pdf?1787575529","publication_date":"2026-08-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","name":"Personnel Management Office","id":406,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/personnel-management-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/406","parent_id":null,"slug":"personnel-management-office"}],"excerpts":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published a final rule in the Federal Register on August 3, 2026, concerning suitability action appeals. That document contained typographical and structural errors in the regulatory text. This document corrects..."},{"title":"Streamlining Probationary and Trial Period Appeals; Correction and Technical Amendment","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published a final rule in the Federal Register on August 3, 2026, streamlining probationary and trial period appeals. That document contained typographical and clerical errors in the regulatory text. This document corrects the final rule. This document also makes a technical amendment to OPM regulations to conform its appeal-rights reference to the final rule.","document_number":"2026-17336","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/25/2026-17336/streamlining-probationary-and-trial-period-appeals-correction-and-technical-amendment","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-25/pdf/2026-17336.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-17336.pdf?1787575529","publication_date":"2026-08-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","name":"Personnel Management Office","id":406,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/personnel-management-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/406","parent_id":null,"slug":"personnel-management-office"}],"excerpts":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published a final rule in the Federal Register on August 3, 2026, streamlining probationary and trial period appeals. That document contained typographical and clerical errors in the regulatory text. This..."},{"title":"Reduction in Force; Correction","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published a final rule in the Federal Register on August 3, 2026, concerning reduction in force. That document contained typographical and clerical errors in amendatory instructions and in the regulatory text. This document corrects the final rule.","document_number":"2026-17335","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/25/2026-17335/reduction-in-force-correction","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-25/pdf/2026-17335.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-17335.pdf?1787575528","publication_date":"2026-08-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","name":"Personnel Management Office","id":406,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/personnel-management-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/406","parent_id":null,"slug":"personnel-management-office"}],"excerpts":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published a final rule in the Federal Register on August 3, 2026, concerning reduction in force. That document contained typographical and clerical errors in amendatory instructions and in the regulatory text...."},{"title":"Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service, and Recruitment and Relocation Incentive Waivers; Correcting Amendments","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is correcting technical and conforming errors arising from two recent final rules: \"Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service,\" published February 6, 2026 and effective March 9, 2026, and \"Recruitment and Relocation Incentive Waivers,\" published December 15, 2025 and effective February 13, 2026. The corrections make no substantive change to the regulations.","document_number":"2026-17334","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/25/2026-17334/improving-performance-accountability-and-responsiveness-in-the-civil-service-and-recruitment-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-25/pdf/2026-17334.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-17334.pdf?1787575528","publication_date":"2026-08-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","name":"Personnel Management Office","id":406,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/personnel-management-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/406","parent_id":null,"slug":"personnel-management-office"}],"excerpts":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is correcting technical and conforming errors arising from two recent final rules: \"Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service,\" published February 6, 2026 and effective March..."},{"title":"Submission for Review: 3206-0156, Application for Death Benefits Under the Civil Service Retirement System, (SF 2800); Documentation in Support of Application for Death Benefits When Deceased was an Employee at the Time of Death, (SF 2800A) and Applying for Death Benefits Under CSRS Pamphlet, (SF 2800-1)","type":"Notice","abstract":"Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on the reinstatement of an expired information collection request (ICR), Application for Death Benefits/Documentation and Elections in Support of Application for Death Benefits When Deceased Was an Employee at the Time of Death (CSRS).","document_number":"2026-16941","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/20/2026-16941/submission-for-review-3206-0156-application-for-death-benefits-under-the-civil-service-retirement","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-20/pdf/2026-16941.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-16941.pdf?1787143515","publication_date":"2026-08-20","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","name":"Personnel Management Office","id":406,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/personnel-management-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/406","parent_id":null,"slug":"personnel-management-office"}],"excerpts":"Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on the reinstatement of an expired information collection request (ICR), Application for Death Benefits/Documentation and Elections in..."},{"title":"Submission for Review: 3206-0275, Application for Court-Ordered Benefits for Former Spouses, Standard Form 3119","type":"Notice","abstract":"Retirement Services offers the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on the reinstatement of an expired information collection request (ICR), Application for Court- Ordered Benefits for Former Spouses, Standard Form 3119.","document_number":"2026-16940","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/20/2026-16940/submission-for-review-3206-0275-application-for-court-ordered-benefits-for-former-spouses-standard","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-20/pdf/2026-16940.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-16940.pdf?1787143515","publication_date":"2026-08-20","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","name":"Personnel Management Office","id":406,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/personnel-management-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/406","parent_id":null,"slug":"personnel-management-office"}],"excerpts":"Retirement Services offers the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on the reinstatement of an expired information collection request (ICR), Application for Court- Ordered Benefits for Former Spouses, Standard Form 3119."},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; Re-Established Matching Program","type":"Notice","abstract":"In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-108, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is providing notice of the re- establishment of a matching program between OPM and the Social Security Administration (SSA) under Computer Matching Agreement (CMA) No. 1045. The purpose of the matching program is to enable SSA to disclose wage and self-employment income information to OPM for use in determining continued eligibility for certain retirement and survivor benefits subject to statutory earnings limitations.","document_number":"2026-16849","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/19/2026-16849/privacy-act-of-1974-re-established-matching-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-19/pdf/2026-16849.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-16849.pdf?1787057109","publication_date":"2026-08-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","name":"Personnel Management Office","id":406,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/personnel-management-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/406","parent_id":null,"slug":"personnel-management-office"}],"excerpts":"In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-108, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is providing notice of the re- establishment of a matching program between OPM and the..."},{"title":"Differential Pay for Prescribed Wildland Fire Activities","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a final rule to add prescribed (planned) wildland fire duties as covered activities triggering payment of Hazardous Duty Pay (HDP) for General Schedule (GS) employees and Environmental Differential Pay (EDP) for Federal Wage System (FWS) employees. The final rule authorizes a 25 percent differential for GS and FWS employees participating as a member of a firefighting crew engaged in activities on the fireline directly involving the implementation and control of prescribed wildland fires.","document_number":"2026-16687","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/14/2026-16687/differential-pay-for-prescribed-wildland-fire-activities","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-14/pdf/2026-16687.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-16687.pdf?1786625123","publication_date":"2026-08-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","name":"Personnel Management Office","id":406,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/personnel-management-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/406","parent_id":null,"slug":"personnel-management-office"}],"excerpts":"The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a final rule to add prescribed (planned) wildland fire duties as covered activities triggering payment of Hazardous Duty Pay (HDP) for General Schedule (GS) employees and Environmental Differential Pay..."},{"title":"Updates and Amendments to the Civil Service Rules","type":"Rule","abstract":"Pursuant to the President's direction in Executive Order 14410, Implementing Schedule Policy/Career in the Excepted Service, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a direct final rule to update and amend obsolete and outdated provisions of the Civil Service Rules that do not substantively affect agency operations.","document_number":"2026-16630","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/14/2026-16630/updates-and-amendments-to-the-civil-service-rules","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-14/pdf/2026-16630.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-16630.pdf?1786625117","publication_date":"2026-08-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","name":"Personnel Management Office","id":406,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/personnel-management-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/406","parent_id":null,"slug":"personnel-management-office"}],"excerpts":"Pursuant to the President's direction in Executive Order 14410, Implementing Schedule Policy/Career in the Excepted Service, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a direct final rule to update and amend obsolete and outdated provisions of..."},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; Re-Established Matching Program","type":"Notice","abstract":"In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-108, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is providing notice of the re- establishment of a matching program between OPM and the Social Security Administration (SSA) under Computer Matching Agreement (CMA) No. 1071. The purpose of this matching program is to enable SSA to disclose Title II Social Security benefit information to OPM for use in determining eligibility for, and computing, Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) benefits payable to disability annuitants and survivor annuitants as required by law.","document_number":"2026-15940","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/06/2026-15940/privacy-act-of-1974-re-established-matching-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-06/pdf/2026-15940.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-15940.pdf?1785933911","publication_date":"2026-08-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","name":"Personnel Management Office","id":406,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/personnel-management-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/406","parent_id":null,"slug":"personnel-management-office"}],"excerpts":"In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-108, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is providing notice of the re- establishment of a matching program between OPM and the..."},{"title":"Submission for Review: Renewal of an Existing Information Collection, Optional Form 306, Declaration for Federal Employment","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Suitability Executive Agent Programs, is notifying the general public and Federal agencies that OPM proposes to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) renew a previously approved information collection, Optional Form 306 (OF 306), Declaration for Federal Employment, without change.","document_number":"2026-15741","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/04/2026-15741/submission-for-review-renewal-of-an-existing-information-collection-optional-form-306-declaration","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-04/pdf/2026-15741.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-15741.pdf?1785761110","publication_date":"2026-08-04","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","name":"Personnel Management Office","id":406,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/personnel-management-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/406","parent_id":null,"slug":"personnel-management-office"}],"excerpts":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Suitability Executive Agent Programs, is notifying the general public and Federal agencies that OPM proposes to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) renew a previously approved information..."},{"title":"Reduction in Force Appeals","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing final regulations to revise how an employee may appeal a furlough of more than 30 days, separation, or demotion by a reduction-in-force (RIF) action. OPM will replace the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) as the adjudicative agency for such appeals. The rule establishes a uniform, record-based OPM appeal process; clarifies the appellant's burden; requires production of the complete agency record; preserves collateral statutory remedies; and applies prospectively to improve timeliness, consistency, and cost-effectiveness while maintaining administrative review.","document_number":"2026-15666","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/03/2026-15666/reduction-in-force-appeals","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-03/pdf/2026-15666.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-15666.pdf?1785501916","publication_date":"2026-08-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","name":"Personnel Management Office","id":406,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/personnel-management-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/406","parent_id":null,"slug":"personnel-management-office"}],"excerpts":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing final regulations to revise how an employee may appeal a furlough of more than 30 days, separation, or demotion by a reduction-in-force (RIF) action. OPM will replace the Merit Systems Protection..."},{"title":"Reduction in Force","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is revising its reduction in force (RIF) regulations to make the RIF regulations more streamlined, efficient, and merit-based by prioritizing performance over tenure and length of service when determining which employees will be retained in a RIF and by modifying the types of employees who are excluded from RIF competition. OPM is also revising its regulations regarding the reemployment priority list (RPL), career transition assistance program (CTAP), the interagency career transition assistance program (ICTAP), and transfers of function.","document_number":"2026-15665","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/03/2026-15665/reduction-in-force","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-03/pdf/2026-15665.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-15665.pdf?1785501916","publication_date":"2026-08-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","name":"Personnel Management Office","id":406,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/personnel-management-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/406","parent_id":null,"slug":"personnel-management-office"}],"excerpts":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is revising its reduction in force (RIF) regulations to make the RIF regulations more streamlined, efficient, and merit-based by prioritizing performance over tenure and length of service when determining which..."}]}