Streamlining Probationary and Trial Period Appeals; Correction and Technical Amendment

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Office of Personnel Management 5 CFR Parts 315 and 751 [Docket ID: OPM-2025-0013] RIN 3206-AO96 ( printed page 54793) AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management. ACTION: Final rule; correction and technical amendment. SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published a final rule in the Federal Register on August 3, 2026, streamlining probationary and trial period appeals. That document contained typographical and clerical errors in the regulatory text. This document corrects the final rule. This document also makes a technical amendment to OPM regulations to conform its appeal-rights reference to the final rule. DATES: Effective September 2, 2026. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aaron Gottesman, Senior Advisor to the Director, by email at employeeaccountability@opm.gov or by phone at (202) 606-7400. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OPM published a final rule on August 3, 2026 ( 91 FR 49104 ; FR Doc. 2026-15654 ), establishing 5 CFR part 751 and making related amendments. The document contained clerical errors, including references to “this subpart” in a part that contains no subparts, a doubled conjunction in § 751.102(c)(2), a misplaced paragraph structure in § 751.103(b), the use in § 751.104(c) of the term “responsible agency,” which is undefined in part 751 (the term is defined only in § 731.503(b)(2), for purposes of part 731, subpart E), and minor typographical errors. This document corrects those…