Reduction in Force Appeals; Correction

91 FR 54796Reduction in Force Appeals; Correction

91 FR 54796Office of Personnel Management.

91 FR 54796The 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.

91 FR 54796Aaron Gottesman, Senior Advisor to the Director, by email at employeeaccountability@opm.gov or by phone at (202) 606-7400.

91 FR 54796OPM 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 § 351.902(b)(3); a garbled series in § 351.902(c)(6); the use in § 351.904(c) of the term “responsible agency,” which is undefined in part 351 (the term is defined only in § 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.

91 FR 54796OPM 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.

91 FR 54796The 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.

91 FR 54796In FR Doc. 2026-15666, appearing on page 49230 in the Federal Register of Monday, August 3, 2026, the following corrections are made: § 351.901 [Corrected]

91 FR 547961. On page 49263, in § 351.901(c)(1), remove “The procedures in this part are” and add in its place “The procedures in this subpart are”. § 351.902 [Corrected]

91 FR 547962. On page 49264, in § 351.902: a. In paragraph (b)(3), remove “an entity identified in § 351.901(c),” and add in its place “an entity identified in § 351.901(c)(3),”; and 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”. § 351.904 [Corrected]

91 FR 547963. On page 49265, in § 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”. § 351.905 [Corrected]

91 FR 547964. On page 49265, in § 351.905(b), remove “For the purposes of paragraph (b) of this section,” and add in its place “For purposes of this paragraph (b),”. § 351.909 [Corrected]

91 FR 547965. On page 49267, in § 351.909(f), remove “protected personnel information” and add in its place “protected personal information”.