Personnel Management Office Docket OPM-2025-0239 Final Rule

2026-17338: Reduction in Force Appeals; Correction

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Summary

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published a final rule in the Federal Register on August 3, 2026, concerning reduction in force appeals. That document contained typographical and citation errors in the regulatory text. This document corrects the final rule.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

The rule, in full

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Federal Register, Volume 91 Issue 163 (Tuesday, August 25, 2026) [Federal Register Volume 91, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 25, 2026)] [Rules and Regulations] [Page 54796] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2026-17338] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 5 CFR Part 351 [Docket ID: OPM-2025-0239] RIN 3206-AO99 Reduction in Force Appeals; Correction

Agency

Office of Personnel Management.

Action

Final rule; correction. -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Summary

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published a final rule in the Federal Register on August 3, 2026, concerning reduction in force appeals. That document contained typographical and citation errors in the regulatory text. This document corrects the final rule.

Dates

Effective September 2, 2026.

For Further Information Contact

Aaron Gottesman, Senior Advisor to the Director, by email at [email protected] or by phone at (202) 606-7400.

Supplementary Information

OPM published a final rule on August 3, 2026 (91 FR 49230; FR Doc. 2026-15666), revising subpart I of 5 CFR part 351. The document contained clerical errors, including an imprecise cross-reference in Sec. 351.902(b)(3); a garbled series in Sec. 351.902(c)(6); the use in Sec. 351.904(c) of the term ``responsible agency,'' which is undefined in part 351 (the term is defined only in Sec. 731.503(b)(2), for purposes of part 731, subpart E); and typographical errors. This document corrects those errors before the rule's effective date. The corrections are non-substantive. Regulatory Review OPM has examined this rule under Executive Orders 12866 and 13563. For the reasons discussed above, this rule is not a significant regulatory action under Executive Order 12866. This is not an E.O. 14192 regulatory action because this rule is not significant under E.O. 12866. Signing Statement The Director of OPM, Scott Kupor, reviewed and approved this document and has authorized the undersigned to electronically sign and submit this document to the Office of the Federal Register for publication. Office of Personnel Management. Jerson Matias, Federal Register Liaison. Correction In FR Doc. 2026-15666, appearing on page 49230 in the Federal Register of Monday, August 3, 2026, the following corrections are made: Sec. 351.901 [Corrected] 0

1. On page 49263, in Sec. 351.901(c)(1), remove ``The procedures in

this part are'' and add in its place ``The procedures in this subpart are''. Sec. 351.902 [Corrected] 0

2. On page 49264, in Sec. 351.902:

0 a. In paragraph (b)(3), remove ``an entity identified in Sec. 351.901(c),'' and add in its place ``an entity identified in Sec. 351.901(c)(3),''; and 0 b. In paragraph (c)(6), remove ``filed by a party or party's representative and OPM'' and add in its place ``filed by a party, a party's representative, or OPM''. Sec. 351.904 [Corrected] 0

3. On page 49265, in Sec. 351.904(c), remove ``OPM or the responsible

agency may'' and add in its place ``OPM or the agency whose action is under appeal may'', and remove ``an employee of the responsible agency or OPM'' and add in its place ``an employee of that agency or OPM''. Sec. 351.905 [Corrected] 0

4. On page 49265, in Sec. 351.905(b), remove ``For the purposes of

paragraph (b) of this section,'' and add in its place ``For purposes of this paragraph (b),''. Sec. 351.909 [Corrected] 0

5. On page 49267, in Sec. 351.909(f), remove ``protected personnel

information'' and add in its place ``protected personal information''. [FR Doc. 2026-17338 Filed 8-24-26; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6325-39-P

What this changes

Amends 1 part of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

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