Reduction in Force Appeals; Correction

Issuing agencies

Abstract

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.

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[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 [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-17338]


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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.

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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.

DATES: Effective September 2, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aaron Gottesman, Senior Advisor to the 
Director, by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#13767e637f7c6a76767270707c667d6772717a7f7a676a537c637e3d747c65"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="87e2eaf7ebe8fee2e2e6e4e4e8f2e9f3e6e5eeebeef3fec7e8f7eaa9e0e8f1">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> 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]

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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]

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2. On page 49264, in Sec.  351.902:
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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
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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]

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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]

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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]

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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]
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