# 2026-16630: OPM Sweeps Out Dusty Civil Service Rule Cobwebs

2026-16630, Updates and Amendments to the Civil Service Rules, is a Federal Register rule from Personnel Management Office published 2026-08-14, effective 2026-10-13 (as of 2026-08-21).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16630
- As of: 2026-08-21
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-16630
- Title: Updates and Amendments to the Civil Service Rules
- Type: Rule
- Agencies: Personnel Management Office
- Citation: 91 FR 52475
- Published: 2026-08-14
- Effective: 2026-10-13
- Comments close: 2026-09-14
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: 3206-AP19
- Last updated: 2026-08-21

## In one line

OPM Sweeps Out Dusty Civil Service Rule Cobwebs

## Summary

Pursuant to the President's direction in Executive Order 14410, Implementing Schedule Policy/Career in the Excepted Service, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a direct final rule to update and amend obsolete and outdated provisions of the Civil Service Rules that do not substantively affect agency operations.

## Effects PRIA read

No economic effects identified for this document.

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## Sources
- [2026-16630 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/14/2026-16630/updates-and-amendments-to-the-civil-service-rules)
- [2026-16630 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-14/pdf/2026-16630.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16630 (as of 2026-08-21).