Reduction in Force; 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 330 [Docket ID: OPM-2025-0107] RIN 3206-AO86 AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management. ACTION: Final rule; correcting amendment. SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on August 3, 2026, and became effective on September 2, 2026. That rule revised OPM's reduction in force regulations and made related revisions to the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) regulations. An amendatory instruction in the rule inadvertently resulted in the removal of two paragraphs from the definition of “displaced”. This document restores those paragraphs. DATES: Effective September 15, 2026. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Aaron Gottesman at (202) 606-0960 or by email at employ@opm.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On August 3, 2026, OPM published a final rule titled “Reduction in Force” at 91 FR 49178 (FR 2026-15665), effective September 2, 2026. Among other things, the final rule revised the definitions of “displaced” and “surplus” in 5 CFR 330.602 to replace references to career and career-conditional (tenure group I or II) employees with references to employees in the competitive service tenure group. Need for Correction Amendatory instruction 11 of the final rule, at 91 FR 49217 , directed that paragraph (1) of the definition of “displaced” in § 330.602 be revised, and set out only the int…