🏛️NARA Appoints Members to SES Performance Review Board
Notice is hereby given of the appointment of members of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Performance Review Board (PRB). The members of the PRB for the National Archives and Records Administration are: Jim Byron, Senior Advisor to the Acting Archivist; Valorie F. Findlater, Chief of Management and Administration; Jay Trainer, Chief Operating Officer; and Ovnelle Millwood, Deputy Chief Human Capital Officer and Acting Chief Human Capital Officer. These appointments supersede all previous appointments.
Learn More📁New and Modified CIA Privacy Act Systems of Records Notice
Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-108, notice is hereby given that the Central Intelligence Agency ("CIA" or "the Agency") is submitting to the Federal Register one (1) new System of Records Notice (SORN), CIA-45 Resolution Office Records, and two (2) modified SORNs, CIA-19, Agency Human Resource Records, and the renamed CIA-36, Alumni Relations Records.
Learn More📋Department of Energy Proposes Information Collection Extension
The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted an information collection request to the OMB for extension under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a three-year extension of its "Industrial Relations," OMB Control Number 1910-0600. The proposed collection covers major Department contractor Human Resource information necessary for contract management, administration, and cost control.
Learn More📋Notice of Information Collection by the Department of Defense
The DoD has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Learn More🔒DoD Regulation Amends Privacy Act Exemptions for Military Records
The Department of Defense (Department or DoD) is issuing a final rule to amend its regulations to exempt portions of DoD-0020, Military Human Resource Records system of records from certain provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974. Specifically, the rule exempts portions of the Military Human Resource Records from certain provisions of the Privacy Act because of national security, and to prevent the undermining of evaluation materials used to determine potential for promotion.
Learn More📄USPTO Announces Performance Review Board Appointments
In conformance with the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announces the appointment of persons to serve as members of its Performance Review Board (PRB). The PRB reviews and makes recommendations concerning proposed performance appraisals, ratings, bonuses, pay adjustments, and other appropriate personnel actions for incumbents of Senior Level and Senior Executive Service positions at the USPTO.
Learn More🏛️Executive Order 14317
Executive Order 14317 mandates the creation of Schedule G in the Excepted Service for noncareer positions of a policy-making or policy-advocating character, addressing gaps in current appointment authority. It specifies regulations for the appointments and the exclusion from civil service rules, aiming to enhance government administration and improve operations within the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Learn More📜Implications of Withdrawn Rule on Selective Service Registration
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) withdraws a proposed rule published on February 7, 2024. The notice of proposed rulemaking proposed to revise the procedures for determining whether an individual's failure to register with the Selective Service System (SSS) was knowing and willful.
Learn More📄Proposed Rule on Suitability and Fitness
On June 3, 2025, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published in the Federal Register proposal to amend the Federal Government personnel vetting adjudicative processes for determining suitability and taking suitability actions. The proposed rule invited the public to submit written comments beginning on the proposed rule publication date and ending on Thursday, July 3, 2025. In response to requests for an extension of the comment period, OPM is extending the comment period to Friday, July 18, 2025.
Learn More📋Strengthening Probationary Periods in Federal Employment Regulations
As directed by Executive Order 14284, "Strengthening Probationary Periods in the Federal Service," issued on April 24, 2025, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is rescinding the regulations on probationary periods for initial appointments in the competitive service and making conforming amendments.
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