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Suitability and Fitness
The Personnel Management Office published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on June 3, 2025. Comments closed on July 3, 2025.
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What the agency says
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing amendments to the Federal Government personnel vetting adjudicative processes for determining suitability and taking suitability actions. The purpose of the proposed rule is to improve the efficiency, rigor and timeliness by which OPM and agencies vet individuals for risk to the integrity and efficiency of the service, and to make clear that individuals who engage in serious misconduct while employed in Federal service are subject to the same suitability procedures and actions as applicants for employment.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-10067
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Proposed rule; request for comments
- Agency
- Personnel Management Office
- Published
- June 3, 2025
- Comments due
- July 3, 2025
- Dates
- Comments must be received on or before July 3, 2025.
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 3206-AO84
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 5 CFR 731
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Authority delegations (Government agencies); Government contracts; Government employees; Investigations
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 11
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