Promoting Employee Accountability

What it does

OPM is reopening the public comment period for additional comments on OPM data and a new report published by a nongovernmental organization. OPM is releasing current data that is relevant to the proposed rule published on July 2, 2026, entitled "Promoting Employee Accountability." OPM is also interested in receiving public comment on a report published by We the Doers published on August 27, 2026. Accordingly, OPM is reopening the rulemaking for public comment specifically with respect to the proposed rule as informed by the newly released data and the report. The comment period for the proposed rule closed August 3, 2026; it is now reopened for two weeks.

The Personnel Management Office's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What it would change

4 parts of Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

5 CFR 412, 5 CFR 432, 5 CFR 715, 5 CFR 752

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

What happens next and when

The comment period for the proposed rule published on July 2, 2026 (91 FR 40444) is reopened. Comments must be received on or before September 29, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket OPM-2025-0012 on Regulations.gov
• Title 5 on eCFR

The record as published

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