[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 156 (Friday, August 14, 2026)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 52475-52479]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-16630]
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Federal Register / Vol. 91, No. 156 / Friday, August 14, 2026 / Rules
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
5 CFR PARTS 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, and 10
[Docket ID: OPM-2026-0562]
RIN 3206-AP19
Updates and Amendments to the Civil Service Rules
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Direct final rule.
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SUMMARY: 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update and amend obsolete and outdated provisions of the Civil Service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.
DATES: This rule is effective October 13, 2026, unless significant
adverse comments are received by September 14, 2026. If significant
adverse comments are received, OPM will withdraw the relevant
provisions of this direct final rule.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments for this direct final rule within
the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov/. Follow
the instructions for submitting comments.
Comments must be received by the end of the comment period to be
considered. All comments and other submissions received generally will
be posted on the internet at regulations.gov as they are received,
without change, including any personal information provided. However,
OPM retains discretion to redact personal or sensitive information,
including but not limited to personal or sensitive information
pertaining to third parties.
A summary of this rule may be found in the docket for this
rulemaking at www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aaron Gottesman, Office of Personnel
Management, Office of the Director, (202) 606-1300,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Civil Service Rules, codified at 5 CFR subchapter A, govern
fundamental aspects of Federal employment, including appointments,
examinations, certain prohibited practices, and probationary periods.
The Civil Service Rules trace their origins to the dawn of the
merit-based civil service. The original Civil Service Rules were
promulgated by President Chester A. Arthur on May 7, 1883, a few months
after the passage of the Pendleton Act (22 Stat. 403) on January 16,
1883. The Pendleton Act required open, competitive examinations for
positions in what was then known as the ``classified service'';
mandated probationary periods before finalization of appointments to
the classified service; and protected classified service employees from
being required to engage in political activities.\1\ The Pendleton Act
also created the Civil Service Commission, OPM's predecessor agency, to
administer and enforce these requirements.
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\1\ 22 Stat. 403.
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President Arthur's original Civil Service Rules defined the scope
of the classified service and restated, and expanded upon, the
Pendleton Act's requirements regarding the classified service,
including how exams were to be administered and graded and how
probationary periods were to be administered.\2\ Over time, successive
Presidents expanded the scope of the classified service (later known as
the competitive service) via amendments to the Civil Service Rules.\3\
The last comprehensive revision of the Civil Service Rules occurred
under President Eisenhower in Executive Order (E.O.) 10577, 19 FR 7521,
issued on November 22, 1954.
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\2\ The text of President Arthur's Executive order promulgating
the original Civil Service Rules is available at https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-342.
\3\ See, e.g., President Cleveland, E.O. 92, Amendments to Civil
Service Rules (May 6, 1896), available at https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-civil-service-rules; President Theodore Roosevelt, E.O. 279, Prohibiting
Appointment in Executive Departments for Any Service of Character
Performed by Classified Employees Except Under Civil Service Rules
(Nov. 29, 1904), available at https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-41; President Franklin D. Roosevelt, E.O.
8743, 6 FR 2117, Extending the Classified Civil Service (April 23,
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Since E.O. 10577, Presidents have continued to periodically amend
the Civil Service Rules.\4\ However, the Civil Service Rules have not
been comprehensively amended and updated since President Eisenhower.
Thus, they contain many outdated and obsolete provisions and
references. These include references to statutory provisions that have
been repealed or superseded; reports that are no longer published;
departments and positions that no longer exist; and terms that are now
considered outmoded.
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\4\ See, e.g., President Clinton, E.O. 13197, 66 FR 7853,
Governmentwide Accountability for Merit System Principles; Workforce
Information (Jan. 18, 2001); President Obama, E.O. 13562, 75 FR
82585, Recruiting and Hiring Students and Recent Graduates (Dec. 27,
2010); President Obama, E.O. 13764, 82 FR 8115, Amending the Civil
Service Rules, Executive Order 13488, and Executive Order 13467 To
Modernize the Executive Branch-Wide Governance Structure and
Processes for Security Clearances, Suitability and Fitness for
Employment, and Credentialing, and Related Matters (Jan. 17, 2017);
President Trump, E.O. 13843, 83 FR 32755, Excepting Administrative
Law Judges From the Competitive Service (July 10, 2018); President
Trump, E.O. 14284, 90 FR 17729, Strengthening Probationary Periods
in the Federal Service (April 24, 2025); President Trump, E.O.
14317, 90 FR 34753, Creating Schedule G in the Excepted Service
(July 17, 2025).
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In Section 2(g) of E.O. 14410, 91 FR 34893, Implementing Schedule
Policy/Career in the Excepted Service, President Trump directed that
OPM, within 60 days, ``take steps to prepare and issue revisions that
remove or update, as applicable, obsolete provisions of the Civil
Service Rules that do not substantively affect agency operations.''
This direct final rule implements that direction. It removes or
updates outdated and obsolete provisions of the Civil Service Rules
without changing current rights, obligations, or agency operations.
Making these updates will allow the Civil Service Rules to offer clear
direction for Federal employees, applicants, and agencies, without
obsolete provisions and outdated terminology undermining or distracting
from their authoritative nature.
II. Regulatory Changes
1. Changes to Civil Service Rule II
OPM is removing 5 CFR 2.1(c), which addresses OPM's procedures for
examining and certifying lists of
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eligibles for fourth-class postmaster positions. This is an outdated
legacy provision that dates from the time of the Civil Service
Commission. The Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 (Pub. L. 91-375, 84
Stat. 719) removed postal employees from the competitive service,
establishing the U.S. Postal Service and mandating that appointments in
the Postal Service ``shall be in accordance with the procedures
established by the Postal Service.'' 39 U.S.C. 1001(b). In addition,
postal employees cannot acquire competitive status. See 5 U.S.C.
2105(e) (excluding postal service employees from the definition of a
civil service ``employee'' and consequently from the competitive
service). Further, the Postal Service no longer uses the term ``fourth-
class postmaster,'' as the Postal Reorganization Act superseded the old
postmaster-class appointment system referenced in 5 CFR 2.1(c).
OPM is also removing 5 CFR 2.2(a)(4). Current Sec. 2.2(a)(4) is a
legacy carveout in the career-conditional appointment rule for certain
postal field service positions whose salary rates were fixed under the
Postal Employees Pay Act of 1945 (Pub. L. 79-134, 59 Stat. 435). Modern
Postal Service hiring is governed by title 39, United States Code, not
by OPM-administered competitive-service registers. Section 1001(a) of
title 39 U.S.C. provides that the Postal Service appoints its own
officers and employees, and 39 U.S.C. 1001(b) provides that Postal
Service appointments and promotions are made under Postal Service-
established procedures. Title 5 also provides that USPS and Postal
Regulatory Commission employees are generally not ``employees'' for
title 5 purposes. See 5 U.S.C. 2105(e).
OPM is also removing 5 CFR 2.3, which requires that appointments in
agency headquarters offices in Washington, DC be apportioned on a
population basis among the several states, territories, and the
District of Columbia. This requirement dates to the Pendleton Act and
was formerly codified at 5 U.S.C. 3306. However, the apportionment
requirement for Washington, DC headquarters offices was repealed by
Public Law 95-228, 92 Stat. 25 (Feb. 10, 1978). Civil Service Rule 2.3
is thus obsolete.
2. Changes to Civil Service Rule III
OPM is revising 5 CFR 3.1(a)(2) to update the reference to the
``Administrator of Veterans' Affairs'' to the ``Secretary of Veterans
Affairs'', consistent with VA's designation as a cabinet department in
1989. OPM is also revising the reference to ``the act of March 24, 1943
(57 Stat. 43)'' to the current codification of the referenced provision
at 38 U.S.C. 3115.
OPM is also revising 5 CFR 3.1(b) to replace references to
``handicapped employees'' with the modern term ``employees with a
disability,'' and to replace a reference to a ``mentally retarded''
employee with the more modern term ``employee with an intellectual
disability.''
OPM is revising 5 CFR 3.2 to require that detailed statements of
the reasons for non-competitive appointments be published on OPM's
website, rather than in ``OPM's annual reports.'' Prior to 1980, OPM
was required by 5 U.S.C. 1308 to publish a broad annual report on its
administration of the competitive service. This requirement was ended
by the Congressional Reports Elimination Act of 1980 (Pub. L. 96-470,
94 Stat. 2237 (Oct. 19, 1980)). Since 1980, OPM has not published an
``annual report'' of the type referenced in 5 CFR 3.2, and OPM is thus
removing this obsolete reference.
3. Changes to Civil Service Rule V
OPM is revising 5 CFR 5.1 to improve the organization and clarity
of Civil Service Rule V (5 CFR part 5) and to update obsolete
publication references. Current Sec. 5.1 contains the Director's
general regulatory responsibilities and variation authority in
unnumbered text, followed by a lettered list of the information that
must be included in the official record when a variation is granted.
The current final lettered paragraph also includes, at the end of that
recordkeeping item, two separate requirements: that like variations be
granted whenever like conditions exist, and that variation decisions
and related information be published promptly. This structure can
obscure that the ``like variations'' and publication requirements are
independent requirements applicable to variations generally, rather
than additional items to be included in the official record.
The revision in this rule reorganizes Sec. 5.1 without changing
the substantive standard for granting a variation or the required
contents of the official record. Revised paragraph (a) states the
Director's general regulatory responsibilities and authority to grant a
variation when the Civil Service Rule's existing criteria are
satisfied. Revised paragraph (b) retains the requirement that, whenever
a variation is granted, the Director must note the official record, and
redesignates the four existing recordkeeping elements as paragraphs
(b)(1) through (4). Revised paragraph (c) separately states the
existing requirement that like variations be granted whenever like
conditions exist and updates the publication requirement.
This reorganization is clarifying and non-substantive. It separates
distinct concepts into separate paragraphs and places the four
recordkeeping elements in a nested list under the recordkeeping
requirement to which they relate.
OPM is also making grammatical and plain-language revisions to
clarify the existing limitation on the application of a variation. The
revised language states more directly that a variation applies only
while the conditions that justified it continue. The change improves
readability and does not alter the substantive requirement that the
variation remain tied to the continued existence of the conditions that
gave rise to it.
OPM is also revising 5 CFR 5.1 to replace the requirement that OPM
promptly publish information concerning variations ``in a Federal
Personnel Manual Letter or Bulletin and in the Director's next annual
report'' with a requirement that such information be promptly published
``in the Federal Register or on the Office's website.'' As noted above,
the OPM Director no longer publishes an annual report containing broad
information on his administration of the competitive service, as
occurred before 1980. In addition, the Federal Personnel Manual was
abolished in 1993. Thus, these references are both obsolete.
Information regarding variations is currently published on OPM's
website,\5\ and notice of variations may also be published in the
Federal Register.\6\
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\5\ See OPM, ``Variations,'' available at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/variations/.
\6\ See, e.g., OPM, Pathways Presidential Management Fellows
Program: Variation, 90 FR 38603 (Aug. 11, 2025).
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4. Changes to Civil Service Rule VI
OPM is removing the reference to ``OPM's annual report'' in 5 CFR
6.1(a) and substituting reference to the Federal Register or OPM's
website. As noted above, OPM has not published an annual report on its
administration of the competitive service since the requirement that it
do so was ended in 1980.
OPM is removing the exceptions contained in 5 CFR 6.8(a) through
(c), as they are obsolete. The exceptions contained in 5 CFR 6.8(a)
derive from E.O. 11839, 40 FR 7351 (as later amended by E.O. 11887, 40
FR 51411). E.O. 11839 was issued by President Ford to move ``certain
senior regional officials'' in various departments holding Limited
Executive Assignments to Noncareer Executive Assignments (if
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above GS-15). In addition, officials GS-15 and below who were not in
the competitive service as of February 15, 1975, and who served ``as
the principal representative of the Secretary [of Commerce or Interior]
in their respective regions'' were moved to Schedule C assignments.
The references in 5 CFR 6.8(a) to officials above GS-15 holding
Noncareer Executive Assignments, Limited Executive Assignments and
Career Executive Assignments are a vestige of the old Executive
Assignment System for GS-16, GS-17 and GS-18 positions, codified in a
now-repealed version of Civil Service Rule IX.\7\ This framework was
superseded by the creation of the Senior Executive Service in the Civil
Service Reform Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-454, 92 Stat. 1111). More
broadly, the purpose of E.O.s 11839 and 11887 in moving certain
incumbent regional officials into noncareer roles was accomplished long
ago, and thus there is no longer any need for 5 CFR 6.8(a).
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\7\ The parts of E.O. 11839 that amended Civil Service Rule IX
were themselves repealed when Civil Service Rule IX was repealed by
E.O. 12748, 56 FR 4521, Providing for Federal Pay Administration
(Feb. 4, 1991).
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The next provision, 5 CFR 6.8(b), derives from E.O. 12021, 43 FR
12303, issued by President Carter to move the incumbent regional
directors and regional administrators in the Community Services
Administration and ACTION into noncareer roles (unless those incumbents
were in the competitive service as of November 29, 1977). The Community
Services Administration and ACTION no longer exist; the Community
Services Administration was closed in 1981 and ACTION was closed in
1994. Thus, 5 CFR 6.8(b) is obsolete.
The final provision, 5 CFR 6.8(c), derives from President Reagan's
E.O. 12300, 46 FR 18663, moving certain incumbent regional officials in
the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service and the Farmers
Home Administration into Schedule C. Both these former subunits within
the Department of Agriculture were abolished as part of a 1994
departmental reorganization. Thus, OPM is removing this obsolete and
outdated provision.
OPM has confirmed that no current positions, incumbents,
appointments, or agency operations depend on the obsolete designations
and grandfathering provisions in Sec. 6.8(a) through (c).
5. Changes to Civil Service Rule IX
OPM is updating a reference to the National Imagery and Mapping
Agency to reflect the agency's current name, the National Geospatial-
Intelligence Agency.
6. Changes to Civil Service Rule X
OPM is updating a reference to the General Accounting Office to
reflect the agency's current name, the Government Accountability
Office.
III. Expected Impact
1. Statement of Need
OPM has determined that this regulatory action is necessary to
implement the President's direction in E.O. 14410 to update and clarify
outdated and obsolete references in the Civil Service Rules.
2. Impact
The changes in this rule will have no substantive impact on agency
operations; however, the changes are expected to improve the clarity
and usability of the Civil Service Rules.
3. Costs
This rule will not impose any costs on Federal agencies as it
merely removes or amends outdated provisions of the Civil Service Rules
that have no substantive impact on current agency operations.
4. Benefits
The Civil Service Rules have not been comprehensively revised in
more than 70 years and they thus contain many outdated references that
undermine their authoritative nature and create confusion. This rule
will create clarity for Federal employees, agencies, and job
applicants.
5. Alternatives
OPM was directed to engage in this rulemaking by President Trump's
E.O. 14410. OPM considered each provision of the current Civil Service
Rules and whether the provisions were outdated or obsolete. OPM then
considered whether the provision should be removed or could be revised
to capture the original intent. OPM considers this final rule to be the
best combination of revisions to retain relevant portions of the Civil
Service Rules and to remove obsolete provisions.
6. Severability
If any provision of this final rule is held to be invalid or
unenforceable by its terms, or as applied to any person or
circumstance, we believe that the various remaining provisions should
be severable and need not be impacted.
IV. Regulatory Compliance
1. Administrative Procedure Act
This rule is suitable for direct final rulemaking because it is
non-controversial, consistent with Federal law and policy, and will not
substantively impact Federal agency operations or employees. The rule
is limited to revising obsolete references and provisions that OPM has
determined to have no current substantive effect. OPM does not expect
to receive any significant adverse comments related to these minor
modifications. These provisions of the rule will be beneficial to
agencies and members of the public because they will improve the
usability of the Civil Service Rules. The revisions make no changes to
the legal obligations or rights of any affected parties (i.e., they
reflect requirements that are already in effect). OPM accordingly finds
that it is in the public interest to have this rule be effective as
soon as possible.
This rule will be effective October 13, 2026, unless significant
adverse comments are received by September 14, 2026. A significant
adverse comment is one that explains: (1) why the rule is
inappropriate, including challenges to the rule's underlying premise or
approach; or (2) why the direct final rule will be ineffective or
unacceptable without a change. If such comments are received, the
applicable provisions of this direct final rule will be withdrawn and
OPM will publish a proposed rule for comments. If no significant
adverse comments are received, this direct final rule will become
effective 30 days after the comment period expires. A comment
recommending an addition to the rule will not be considered significant
and adverse unless the comment explains how this direct final rule
would be ineffective without the addition. If OPM receives a
significant adverse comment on a severable provision, OPM may withdraw
only the affected provision and allow the remainder of the rule to
become effective.
2. Regulatory Review
OPM has examined the impact of this rule as required by E.O.s 12866
and 13563, which direct agencies to assess all costs and benefits of
available regulatory alternatives and, if regulation is necessary, to
select regulatory approaches that maximize net benefits (including
potential economic, environmental, public, health, and safety effects,
distributive impacts, and equity). A regulatory impact analysis must be
prepared for rules that have an annual effect on the economy of $100
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million or more or adversely affect in a material way the economy, a
sector of the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the
environment, public health or safety, or State, local, or tribal
governments or communities. This is not an E.O. 12866 significant
action. For the reasons discussed earlier, this rule is considered
deregulatory under E.O. 14192.
3. Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Director of OPM certifies that this rulemaking will not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities
because the rule will apply only to Federal agencies and employees.
4. Federalism
This rulemaking will not have substantial direct effects on the
States, on the relationship between the national government and the
States, or on distribution of power and responsibilities among the
various levels of government. Therefore, in accordance with E.O. 13132,
the Director of OPM certifies that this rulemaking does not have
sufficient federalism implications to warrant preparation of a
Federalism Assessment.
5. Civil Justice Reform
This rulemaking meets the applicable standards set forth in section
3(a) and (b)(2) of E.O. 12988.
6. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
Section 202 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA) (2
U.S.C. 1532) requires that agencies assess anticipated costs and
benefits before issuing any rule that would impose spending costs on
State, local, or tribal governments in the aggregate, or on the private
sector, in any 1 year of $100 million in 1995 dollars, updated annually
for inflation. That threshold is currently approximately $206 million.
This rulemaking will not result in the expenditure by State, local, or
tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, in
excess of the threshold. Thus, no written assessment of unfunded
mandates is required.
7. Congressional Review Act
OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs has determined
this rule does not satisfy the criteria listed in 5 U.S.C. 804(2). In
addition, this is a rule relating to agency management or personnel and
does not come within the meaning of the term ``rule'' as used in 5
U.S.C. 804(3)(C). Therefore, the reporting requirement of 5 U.S.C. 801
does not apply.
8. Paperwork Reduction Act
This regulatory action does not impose any new reporting or
recordkeeping requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act.
List of Subjects
5 CFR Parts 2, 3, 6, 9, and 10
Government employees.
5 CFR Part 5
Administrative practice and procedure, Investigations.
Signing Statement
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.
For the reasons stated in the preamble, the Office of Personnel
Management amends 5 CFR parts 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, and 10 as follows:
PART 2--APPOINTMENT THROUGH THE COMPETITIVE SERVICE; RELATED
MATTERS (RULE II)
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1. The authority citation for part 2 is revised to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1103(b)(4), 3301, 3302; E.O. 14410, 91 FR
34893.
Sec. 2.1 [Amended]
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2. Amend Sec. 2.1 by removing paragraph (c).
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3. Amend Sec. 2.2 by revising paragraphs (a)(2) and (3) and removing
paragraph (a)(4). The revisions read as follows:
Sec. 2.2 Appointments.
(a) * * *
(2) Employees serving under career appointments at the time of
selection from such registers; and
(3) Former employees who have eligibility for career appointments
upon reinstatement.
* * * * *
Sec. 2.3 [Removed]
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4. Remove Sec. 2.3.
PART 3--NONCOMPETITIVE ACQUISITION OF STATUS (RULE III)
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5. The authority citation for part 3 is revised to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3301, 3302; E.O. 14410, 91 FR 34893.
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6. Amend Sec. 3.1 by:
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a. In paragraph (a)(2), removing the words ``the Administrator of
Veterans' Affairs'' and adding, in their place, ``the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs'' and removing the words ``the act of March 24, 1943
(57 Stat. 43)'' and adding, in their place, ``38 U.S.C. chapter 31'';
and
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b. Revising paragraph (b) to read as follows:
Sec. 3.1 Classes of persons who may noncompetitively acquire status.
* * * * *
(b) Upon recommendation by the employing agency, and subject to
such requirements as the Office of Personnel Management may prescribe,
the following classes of employees with disabilities may acquire
competitive status without competitive examination:
(1) An employee with a severe physical disability who completes at
least two years of satisfactory service in a position excepted from the
competitive service.
(2) An employee with an intellectual disability who completes at
least two years of satisfactory service in a position excepted from the
competitive service.
(3) An employee with a psychiatric disability who completes at
least two years of satisfactory service in a position excepted from the
competitive service.
Sec. 3.2 [Amended]
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7. In Sec. 3.2, remove the words ``in OPM's annual reports'' and add,
in their place, ``on OPM's website''.
PART 5--REGULATIONS, INVESTIGATION, AND ENFORCEMENT (RULE V)
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8. The authority citation for part 5 is revised to read:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3301, 3302; E.O. 12107, 44 FR 1055, 3 CFR,
1978 Comp., p. 264; E.O. 14410, 91 FR 34893.
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9. Revise Sec. 5.1 to read as follows:
Sec. 5.1 Civil Service regulations.
(a) The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall
promulgate and enforce regulations necessary to carry out the
provisions of the Civil Service Act and the Veterans' Preference Act,
as reenacted in title 5, United States Code, the Civil Service Rules,
and all other statutes and Executive orders imposing responsibilities
on the Office. The Director is authorized, whenever there are practical
difficulties and unnecessary hardships in complying with the strict
letter of the regulation, to grant a variation from the strict letter
of the regulation if such a variation is within the spirit of the
regulations, and the efficiency of the Government and the integrity of
the competitive service are protected and promoted.
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(b) Whenever a variation is granted, the Director shall note the
official record to show:
(1) The particular practical difficulty or hardship involved;
(2) What is permitted in place of what is required by regulations;
(3) The circumstances which protect or promote the efficiency of
the Government and the integrity of the competitive service; and
(4) A statement that the variation applies only while the
conditions that gave rise to it continue.
(c) Like variations shall be granted whenever like conditions
exist. All such decisions and information concerning variations noted
in the official record shall be published promptly in the Federal
Register or on the Office's website.
PART 6--EXCEPTIONS FROM THE COMPETITIVE SERVICE (RULE VI)
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10. The authority citation for part 6 is revised to read:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3301, 3302; E.O. 14410, 91 FR 34893.
Sec. 6.1 [Amended]
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11. In Sec. 6.1(a), remove the words ``in OPM's annual report for the
fiscal year in which the exceptions are made'' and add, in their place,
``in the Federal Register or on OPM's website''.
Sec. 6.8 [Amended]
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12. In Sec. 6.8, remove paragraphs (a), (b), and (c), and redesignate
paragraphs (d) and (e) as paragraphs (a) and (b).
PART 9--WORKFORCE INFORMATION (RULE IX)
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13. Add an authority citation to read as follows:
Authority: E.O. 13197, 66 FR 7853, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 750;
E.O. 14410, 91 FR 34893.
Sec. 9.1 [Amended]
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14. In Sec. 9.1, remove the words ``Imagery and Mapping'' and add, in
their place, ``Geospatial-Intelligence''.
PART 10--AGENCY ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS; OPM AUTHORITY TO REVIEW
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS (RULE X)
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15. Add an authority citation for part 10 to read as follows:
Authority: E.O. 13197, 66 FR 7853, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 750;
E.O. 14410, 91 FR 34893.
Sec. 10.1 [Amended]
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16. In Sec. 10.1, remove the words ``General Accounting'' and add, in
their place, ``Government Accountability''.
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