Suitability Action Appeals; Correction

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 Part 731 [Docket ID: OPM-2025-0173] RIN 3206-AO97 ( printed page 54798) AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management. ACTION: Final rule; correction. SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published a final rule in the Federal Register on August 3, 2026, concerning suitability action appeals. That document contained typographical and structural 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 employeeaccountability@opm.gov or by phone at (202) 606-7400. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OPM published a final rule on August 3, 2026 ( 91 FR 49034 ; FR Doc. 2026-15650 ), revising subpart E of 5 CFR part 731 . The document contained clerical errors, including missing spaces in § 731.504(c); a limiting principle miscast as an item in the list of sanctions in § 731.506(b); a cross-reference in § 731.505(b) that erroneously included paragraph (d) of that section, which provides for the assignment of an administrative judge rather than an administrative law judge; and citation-form and capitalization errors. In addition, the preamble relies on 5 U.S.C. 3302 , which was inadvertently omitted from the revised authority citation for part 731. This document corrects those errors before the rule's effective date. The corrections are non-substantive. Regulatory Review OPM…