# Federal Register 2026-16630 — effective 2026-10-13 — Updates and Amendments to the Civil Service Rules — Personnel Management Office

For Federal Register 2026-16630, effective date is 2026-10-13; agency is Personnel Management Office; published is 2026-08-14; cfr parts amended is 5 CFR 2, 5 CFR 3, 5 CFR 5, 5 CFR 6, 5 CFR 9, 5 CFR 10, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31; source re-checked 2026-09-16.

- **FR document number:** 2026-16630 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Rule:** Updates and Amendments to the Civil Service Rules _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Agency:** Personnel Management Office _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Effective date:** 2026-10-13 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **DATES, as printed:** 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. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CFR parts amended:** 5 CFR 2, 5 CFR 3, 5 CFR 5, 5 CFR 6, 5 CFR 9, 5 CFR 10 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Published:** 2026-08-14 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

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## Source

- https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents.json?per_page=1000&order=oldest&conditions%5Btype%5D%5B%5D=RULE&conditions%5Beffective_date%5D%5Bgte%5D=2026-08-31&conditions%5Beffective_date%5D%5Blte%5D=2026-12-31&fields%5B%5D=document_number&fields%5B%5D=title&fields%5B%5D=agency_names&fields%5B%5D=effective_on&fields%5B%5D=dates&fields%5B%5D=cfr_references&fields%5B%5D=publication_date&fields%5B%5D=html_url

Last verified: 2026-09-16. Review by: 2026-09-29.
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