Promoting Employee Accountability

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 412, 432, 715, and 752 [Docket ID: 2025-OPM-0012] RIN: 3206-AO91 ( printed page 58387) AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management. ACTION: Proposed rulemaking; reopening public comment period. SUMMARY: OPM is reopening the public comment period for additional comments on OPM data and a new report published by a nongovernmental organization. OPM is releasing current data that is relevant to the proposed rule published on July 2, 2026, entitled “Promoting Employee Accountability.” OPM is also interested in receiving public comment on a report published by We the Doers published on August 27, 2026. Accordingly, OPM is reopening the rulemaking for public comment specifically with respect to the proposed rule as informed by the newly released data and the report. The comment period for the proposed rule closed August 3, 2026; it is now reopened for two weeks. DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published on July 2, 2026 ( 91 FR 40444 ) is reopened. Comments must be received on or before September 29, 2026. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments for this proposed rulemaking through the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov . Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Instructions: OPM will only consider comments and material received during the reopened comment period that address the data published in the supplementary information. All comments will be docketed in the OPM docket for this rulemaking. …