# 2025-15238: Feds Sunset Fast-Track Fellows to Shrink Bureaucracy Size

2025-15238, Sunset of the Pathways Presidential Management Fellows Program, is a Federal Register rule from Personnel Management Office published 2025-08-11, effective 2025-02-19 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15238
- As of: 2026-06-08
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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-15238
- Title: Sunset of the Pathways Presidential Management Fellows Program
- Type: Rule
- Agencies: Personnel Management Office
- Citation: 90 FR 38604
- Published: 2025-08-11
- Effective: 2025-02-19
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: 3206-AO85
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Feds Sunset Fast-Track Fellows to Shrink Bureaucracy Size

## Summary

The government is ending the Pathways Presidential Management Fellows Program as part of a plan to shrink federal bureaucracy. This change affects current and future fellows, stopping new hires under this program soon. No new money will be spent on it, and the rules will be officially removed starting February 19, 2025.

## Abstract

As directed by the Executive Order "Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy" issued February 19, 2025, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is rescinding the regulations on the Pathways Presidential Management Fellows Program and making conforming amendments.

## Effects PRIA read

- Pathways PMF Stops New Hires: cost, medium. If you were planning to be hired through the Pathways Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program, new hires under the program will stop. The rule ends hiring under the PMF program and this change affects future fellows.
- OPM Rescinds PMF Rules; No Funding: cost, low. The Office of Personnel Management is rescinding the regulations for the Pathways Presidential Management Fellows Program and will make conforming amendments, and no new money will be spent on the program. The rules will be officially removed starting February 19, 2025.

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## Sources
- [2025-15238 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/11/2025-15238/sunset-of-the-pathways-presidential-management-fellows-program)
- [2025-15238 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-11/pdf/2025-15238.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15238 (as of 2026-06-08).