{"abstract":"The U.S. Office of Personnel Management is issuing final regulations on the Emergency Leave Transfer Program to provide alternative methods for agencies to assist their employees in the event of a pandemic health crisis or other major disaster or emergency as declared by the President. The final regulations allow donated annual leave in a voluntary leave bank administered by one agency to be transferred to an emergency leave transfer program administered by another agency, revise the rules for returning unused donated annual leave to emergency leave donors (including leave banks), and incorporate the inclusion of Judicial branch employees as eligible participants in the emergency leave transfer program. In addition, the final regulations have been reorganized and renumbered to aid in accessibility and enhance reader understanding.","action":"Final rule.","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"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2008/11/04/E8-26220.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":630,"title":5}],"citation":"73 FR 65496","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Effective Date: December 4, 2008.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[],"document_number":"E8-26220","effective_on":"2008-12-04","end_page":65503,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2008/11/04/E8-26220.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/11/04/E8-26220/emergency-leave-transfer-program","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/E8-26220?publication_date=2008-11-04","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2008-11-04/E8-26220/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":8,"page_views":{"count":231,"last_updated":"2026-10-23 00:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2008-11-04/pdf/E8-26220.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2008-11-04","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2008/11/04/E8-26220.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"3206-AL26":{"issue":"200810","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/3206-AL26/emergency-leave-transfer-program","title":"Emergency Leave Transfer Program","xml_url":"http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=200810&RIN=3206-AL26&operation=OPERATION_EXPORT_XML","priority_category":"Other Significant"}},"regulation_id_numbers":["3206-AL26"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2011-11-15T01:31:43Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":true,"signing_date":null,"start_page":65496,"subtype":null,"title":"Emergency Leave Transfer Program","toc_doc":"Emergency Leave Transfer Program","toc_subject":null,"topics":["Government employees"],"type":"Rule","volume":73}