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Civil Service Retirement System and Federal Employees' Retirement System: Secondary Position Definitions
The Personnel Management Office published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on February 4, 2026. Comments closed on March 6, 2026.
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What the agency says
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) proposes to amend its retirement regulations to revise the definition of secondary position for law enforcement officers, firefighters, nuclear materials couriers, and customs and border protection officers. The changes remove the requirement that experience in a primary position is a mandatory prerequisite for an executive level position. This change will provide agencies with greater flexibility when recruiting for executive positions. Agencies retain the discretion to require experience in a primary position as a mandatory prerequisite to their secondary positions.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-02233
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Proposed rule
- Agency
- Personnel Management Office
- Published
- February 4, 2026
- Comments due
- March 6, 2026
- Dates
- Comments must be received on or before March 6, 2026.
- Docket
- Docket ID: OPM-2024-0020
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 3206-AO72
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 5 CFR 831; 5 CFR 842
- Topics
- Air traffic controllers; Alimony; Firefighters; Government employees; Income taxes; Intergovernmental relations; Law enforcement officers; Pensions; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Retirement
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 9
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