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Suitability and Fitness
The Personnel Management Office published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on July 3, 2025. It took effect on June 3, 2025. Comments closed on July 18, 2025.
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What the agency says
On June 3, 2025, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published in the Federal Register proposal to amend the Federal Government personnel vetting adjudicative processes for determining suitability and taking suitability actions. The proposed rule invited the public to submit written comments beginning on the proposed rule publication date and ending on Thursday, July 3, 2025. In response to requests for an extension of the comment period, OPM is extending the comment period to Friday, July 18, 2025.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-12448
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Proposed rule; extension of comment period
- Agency
- Personnel Management Office
- Published
- July 3, 2025
- Takes effect
- June 3, 2025
- Comments due
- July 18, 2025
- Dates
- The public comment period for this action, published on June 3, 2025 (90 FR 23467), is extended. Comments must be received no later than July 18, 2025.
- Docket
- Docket ID: OPM-2025-0007
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 3206-AO84
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 5 CFR 731
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 1
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