(FINAL COMMENTS DUE MONDAY NIGHT May 4, 2026)
Super Summarized
This OPM Proposal removes TENURE years from RIF Retention points.
OPM will RIF first, the wisest, smartest, and most powerful senior employees.
- Tenure points will be zero.
- Any "new-to-any position manager" REPEATEDLY will be Separate-able-At-Will WITHOUT any RIF protection.
- Disabled Veterans' Preference Subgroups will be removed.
- Current jobs and functions can be instantly stolen by someone else, just passing a test and claiming your job and functions.
Please comment. The Comment period ends SOON on Monday May 4, 2026. Please, EVERYONE, comment now. Only 478 comments so far have been received. More comments are desired. Make sure to cite laws and cite acts and cite judicial rulings. Request an extension of the comment period.
Submit a comment URL
https://www.regulations.gov/document/OPM-2025-0107-0001 or https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/05/2026-04377/reduction-in-force (Microsoft Edge only)
Submit a Comment on the Proposed rule in Text
If you choose to submit your comment as a string of text words, type in the box (or copy and paste into the box) over the words that read, "Start typing comment here…" Example:
Comment:
This is my comment about.
Submit a Comment on the Proposed rule in a File
Also, if submitting through an attached pdf file, all submissions must include the (1) agency name (Office of Personnel Management) and (2) docket number (in this case: Docket ID: OPM-2025-0107) or (3) RIN number (in this case: RIN 3206-AO86) for this Federal Register document. Example:
Upon your submission of the comment as a PDF attachment, you must still enter some text in the “comment” box, which could be as simple as “Please see the attachment.” The situation is best to name the file “Attachment1_filename.pdf Example:
Comment
Please see the attachment
Attach Files:
Attachment1_ Reduction_in_Force_RIF_Retention .pdf
(PDF file)
Attachment1_ Reduction_in_Force_RIF_Retention.pdf
(Inside the PDF file at the top of the PDF file)
Office of Personnel Management
Docket ID: OPM-2025-0107
RIN 3206-AO86
This Proposed rule
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/05/2026-04377/reduction-in-force or
https://www.regulations.gov/document/OPM-2025-0107-0001
Examples of Already Submitted Comments
https://www.regulations.gov/document/OPM-2025-0107-0001/comment
In Your Comment Explain to OPM . . .
Please, include reasons that explain that, if this Rule becomes Final, the effect would:
- Break the Law, because (1) Tenure is written first in a list of Retention points, then, it is first in priority, and must be substantial in Retention points
- Discourage employees\anyone from seeking manager positions because he/she will be fired immediately for no reason whatsoever
- Make the situation impossible for employees to have long-term 25 year careers, because the ability to survive many intermittent short-term RIF-affecting disasters, over the long-term is no longer possible. Retirement is impossible.
- Be a pretext to keeping the financial salaries of employees low
- Make our jobs subject to theft by expert/thief "test" takers
- Destroy decades of accumulated knowledge and skill about global systems, deep processes, and wide networks
- Lessen the quality of our current and future workforce
- Puts our disabled veterans (who can not physically work outside of the Government) in more danger of loosing their jobs
- Discourage outsiders from joining the Federal government
- Add unnecessary risk to our longevity
Effective Comment Writing
https://bestpractices.nokidhungry.org/sites/default/files/2023-05/How%20to%20Comment%20on%20Federal%20Regulations%20Final.pdf or https://protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/What-Makes-an-Effective-Public-Comment.pdf or https://www.regulations.gov/commenting-guidance
These articles recommends the subjects. Consider ...
- the problem that the regulation intends to address
- whether proposed regulations are based on the best available scientific, technical, economic, experience-based, and other information
- whether the agency is missing a certain perspective
- whether the costs of the proposed regulation are justified by its benefits
- distributional analysis and costs or benefits that are hard to monetize
Effective checklist
- Explain why you are interested
- If necessary, explain the specific part of the Proposal that you are interested
- Explain personal experience. Explain the experience of family, neighbors, and friends.
- MOST IMPORTANT: Explain how the proposal hurts and damages (1) "the Federal Government", (2) "the Agency", (3) "the American people", (4) "yourself", and (5) "OPM."
- Point out and explain, any, technically wrong information in the Proposal
- Make recommendations AND provide evidence AND cite laws AND judicial rulings
- Summarize arguments and recommendations
Purpose of Comments
Comments raise the bar that agencies have to meet when making a rule; if an agency fails to adequately respond to significant, relevant comments in a final rule, members of the public may seek to challenge the rule in court on that basis and claim it could be struck down.
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