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  1. today Comments close 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) Personnel Management Office
  2. today Comments close Submission for Review: 3206-0275, Application for Court-Ordered Benefits for Former Spouses, Standard Form 3119 Personnel Management Office
  3. today Comments close Agency Information Collection Request: Annual Employee Survey (3206-NEW) Personnel Management Office
  4. +1d Comments close Privacy Act of 1974; Re-Established Matching Program Personnel Management Office
  5. +28d Comments close Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Optimizing FEHB Plan Offerings Personnel Management Office
  6. +28d Comments close Shared Certificates and Pooled Hiring Actions Personnel Management Office
  7. +28d Comments close Family and Medical Leave Act Personnel Management Office
  8. +29d Comments close Employment in the Excepted Service Personnel Management Office
  9. +30d Takes effect Administrative Leave for Workforce Realignment and Other Purposes Personnel Management Office
  10. +30d Takes effect Managing Senior Professional Performance Personnel Management Office · Management and Budget Office
  11. +56d Takes effect Family and Medical Leave Act Personnel Management Office
  12. +60d Comments close Agency Information Collection Request: FEHB Protection Act Portal, OMB Control Number (3206-NEW) Personnel Management Office
  13. +60d Comments close Agency Information Collection Request: 3206-NEW, Annuitant Verification Form, RI 20-129 Personnel Management Office
  14. +60d Comments close Agency Information Collection Request: Tribal Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program Tribal Employer Application (3206-NEW) Personnel Management Office
  15. +60d Comments close Agency Information Collection Request: 3206-0218, Death Benefit Payment Rollover, RI 94-7 Personnel Management Office
  16. +92d Takes effect Elimination of Time-in-Grade Personnel Management Office
  17. +1057d Takes effect Privacy Act of 1974; New Matching Program Personnel Management Office

19 October 2026 7 documents

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NoticePersonnel Management Office

Agency Information Collection Request: Tribal Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program Tribal Employer Application (3206-NEW)

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public the opportunity to comment on an information collection request (ICR): Tribal Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) Program Tribal Employer Application, OMB Control Number (3206-NEW). As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act, OPM is soliciting comments for this collection.

  • Comments close in 60 days

91 FR 66171FR Doc. 2026-21375official PDFfederalregister.gov

RulePersonnel Management Office

Administrative Leave for Workforce Realignment and Other Purposes

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule to amend its regulations governing administrative leave for workforce realignment and other purposes. This final rule more fully addresses the appropriate uses of administrative leave, including use in connection with deferred resignation programs and other workforce realignment initiatives, and for other purposes. The final rule also clarifies when an agency may provide administrative leave during a reduction-in-force notice period and accept or deny an employee's request to withdraw a resignation in the context of a deferred resignation program.

  • Takes effect in 30 days

91 FR 65924FR Doc. 2026-21320official PDFfederalregister.gov

RulePersonnel Management Office

Elimination of Time-in-Grade

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is adopting, substantially as proposed, its proposed rule eliminating the Time-in- Grade (TIG) restriction on advancement to competitive service positions in the General Schedule (GS). Under the prior regulations, a candidate generally could not be advanced to a covered position at GS-6 or above without completing 52 weeks in a position no more than one grade lower--or two grades lower for certain positions in two-grade-interval lines of work. This final rule removes that requirement. Employees remain subject to all applicable occupational qualification standards and any additional job-related qualification requirements established by their employing agency.

  • Takes effect in 92 days

91 FR 65887FR Doc. 2026-21319official PDFfederalregister.gov

RuleSIGNIFICANT · E.O. 12866Personnel Management OfficeManagement and Budget Office

Managing Senior Professional Performance

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) are issuing a final rule to strengthen the performance appraisal of senior-level (SL) and scientific or professional (ST) employees, collectively referred to as "senior professionals." This final rule establishes a new subpart dedicated exclusively to senior professional performance appraisal that aligns more closely with Senior Executive Service (SES) performance appraisal regulations. The rule also eliminates senior professional appraisal programs, removes the prohibition of a standardized distribution of performance rating levels, and enhances oversight of the appraisal process.

  • Takes effect in 30 days

91 FR 65904FR Doc. 2026-21316official PDFfederalregister.gov

15 October 2026 1 document

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The Office of Personnel Management issued a final rule revising Family and Medical Leave Act regulations to incorporate statutory amendments affecting Federal civilian service eligibility and leave substitution.

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RulePersonnel Management Office

Family and Medical Leave Act

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a direct final rule making technical revisions to OPM's Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) regulations to incorporate various statutory amendments. The rule reflects statutory changes making virtually all Federal civilian service and certain honorable active military service qualify for determining FMLA eligibility, making clear that annual and sick leave provided under an authority outside of title 5, United States Code, may be substituted for unpaid FMLA leave, and excluding certain Veterans Health Administration (VHA) employees from title 5 FMLA coverage.

  • Comments close in 28 days
  • Takes effect in 56 days

91 FR 65437FR Doc. 2026-21104official PDFfederalregister.gov

30 September 2026 1 document

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18 September 2026 1 document

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The Office of Personnel Management proposed amendments to regulations governing excepted service appointments, Pathways Programs, and administrative law judge appointments, with comments due November 17, 2026.

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Proposed RuleSIGNIFICANT · E.O. 12866Personnel Management Office

Employment in the Excepted Service

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) proposes to amend its regulations governing the excepted service, Pathways Programs, and administrative law judge (ALJ) appointments. The proposed rule would conform OPM regulations to current excepted-service schedules, including Schedules E, Policy/Career, and G; modernize part 302 procedures while preserving veterans' preference, compensable-injury restoration rights, and other priority placement rights; authorize and clarify Pathways conversions to Schedule Policy/Career; and make related conforming amendments.

  • Comments close in 29 days

91 FR 59076FR Doc. 2026-19222official PDFfederalregister.gov

17 September 2026 1 document

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The Office of Personnel Management published a notice inviting public comment on its new Annual Employee Survey information collection request.

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NoticePersonnel Management Office

Agency Information Collection Request: Annual Employee Survey (3206-NEW)

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) invites the public and Federal agencies to comment on its new Annual Employee Survey (AES) information collection request (ICR). The AES includes survey items previously administered through the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) and fulfills statutory and regulatory employee-survey requirements.

  • Comments close today

91 FR 58921FR Doc. 2026-19042official PDFfederalregister.gov

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