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Ensuring Consistent and Rigorous Standards for Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Programs
The Personnel Management Office published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on December 18, 2025. Comments closed on February 17, 2026.
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What the agency says
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) proposes to revise its Senior Executive Service (SES) Candidate Development Program (SESCDP) regulations to implement certain SES training and development requirements. The SES represents the Federal Government's leadership, composed of executive positions above the GS-15 level. SESCDPs serve as a crucial succession management tool for Federal agencies, designed to identify and prepare high-potential employees for future roles within the SES. These programs aim to cultivate leaders equipped with a government-wide perspective and the competencies necessary to tackle complex challenges.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-23289
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Notice of proposed rulemaking
- Agency
- Personnel Management Office
- Published
- December 18, 2025
- Comments due
- February 17, 2026
- Dates
- Comments must be received on or before February 17, 2026.
- Docket
- Docket ID: OPM-2025-0014
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 3206-AO89
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 5 CFR 412
- Topics
- Education; Government employees
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 7
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