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Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service, and Recruitment and Relocation Incentive Waivers; Correcting Amendments
The Personnel Management Office published this final rule in the Federal Register on August 25, 2026. It took effect on August 25, 2026.
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What the agency says
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.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-17334
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule; correcting amendments
- Agency
- Personnel Management Office
- Published
- August 25, 2026
- Takes effect
- August 25, 2026
- Dates
- Effective August 25, 2026.
- Docket
- Docket IDs: OPM-2025-0004; OPM-2023-0027
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 3206-AO36; 3206-AO80
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 5 CFR 575
- Topics
- Government employees; Wages
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 2
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