Yesterday, the OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs announced that it had received a final rule from the Office of Personnel Management on “Suitability and Fitness”. The notice of proposed rulemaking was published on June 3rd, 2025.
According to the Spring 2025 Unified Agenda entry for this rulemaking:
“The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) plans to finalize its rulemaking to amend the Federal Government personnel vetting adjudicative criteria for determining suitability or fitness. The purpose of the proposed rule is to improve the rigor and timeliness by which OPM and agencies vet individuals for risk to the integrity and efficiency of the service, and to make clear that individuals who engage in serious misconduct while employed in Federal service are subject to the same suitability procedures and actions as applicants for employment.”
This rulemaking would continue the Administration’s assault on civil service protections for federal employees in their attempt to ‘drain the swamp’.
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