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Personnel Management Office

Updates and Amendments to the Civil Service Rules

Published August 14, 2026. Takes effect October 13, 2026. printed at 91 FR 52475. amending 5 CFR 10, 5 CFR 2, 5 CFR 3, 5 CFR 5.

In plain English

An order set up a new job class in the civil service. This updates the rules to match.

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What the Rule Says It Does

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Service, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a direct final rule to update and amend obsolete and outdated provisions of the Civil Service Rules that do not substantively affect agency operations.

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The Order It Names

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How to cite this
  1. The rule itself

    Personnel Management Office, “Updates and Amendments to the Civil Service Rules,” 91 FR 52475 (August 14, 2026). Effective October 13, 2026.
    https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/14/2026-16630/updates-and-amendments-to-the-civil-service-rules

  2. This page

    “Updates and Amendments to the Civil Service Rules,” a final rule naming an order indexed here. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/rules/rule-2026-16630/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).

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