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Streamlining Probationary and Trial Period Appeals; Correction and Technical Amendment
The Personnel Management Office published this final rule in the Federal Register on August 25, 2026. It took effect on September 2, 2026.
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What the agency says
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published a final rule in the Federal Register on August 3, 2026, streamlining probationary and trial period appeals. That document contained typographical and clerical errors in the regulatory text. This document corrects the final rule. This document also makes a technical amendment to OPM regulations to conform its appeal-rights reference to the final rule.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-17336
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule; correction and technical amendment
- Agency
- Personnel Management Office
- Published
- August 25, 2026
- Takes effect
- September 2, 2026
- Dates
- Effective September 2, 2026.
- Docket
- Docket ID: OPM-2025-0013
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 3206-AO96
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 5 CFR 315; 5 CFR 751
- Topics
- Government employees
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 2
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