Cooperation With the Office of Special Counsel of the Merit Systems Protection Board

What it does

This final rule removes this DoD regulation concerning cooperation with the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) in carrying out OSC's responsibilities to conduct investigations of alleged prohibited personnel practices and ensure the investigation of other allegations of improper or illegal conduct that OSC refers to DoD. This part does not reflect the current policy set forth in the DoD directive referenced in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section, and is being removed rather than updated. The rule does not impose obligations on members of the public. Therefore, this part may be removed from the CFR.

The Defense Department's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

32 CFR 145

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Defense Department has published 6 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 12 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 0790-AL88 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

This final rule is effective March 4, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket DOD-2025-OS-0441 on Regulations.gov
• Title 32 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register