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FINAL RULECOMMENTS CLOSED SEPTEMBER 14, 2026

Updates and Amendments to the Civil Service Rules

Personnel Management Office

Pursuant to the President's direction in Executive Order 14410, Implementing Schedule Policy/Career in the Excepted Service, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a direct final rule to update and amend obsolete and outdated provisions of the Civil Service Rules that do not substantively affect agency operations.

Published August 14, 2026Document 2026-16630Effective October 13, 2026

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From the Federal Register as of November 3, 2026. Deadlines can change; the official document governs. Not legal advice.

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