# Promoting Employee Accountability

**Action Urgency Score:** 45/100

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Agency | Personnel Management Office; Merit Systems Protection Board |
| Type | Proposed rule |
| Action | Proposed rule. |
| Published | 2026-07-02 |
| Comments close | 2026-08-03 |
| Significant | Yes (EO 12866) |
| CFR parts | 5 CFR 412, 5 CFR 432, 5 CFR 715, 5 CFR 752, 5 CFR 1201 |
| Summary | The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB or Board) are issuing proposed regulations governing performance-based reduction in grade and removal actions, non-disciplinary separations, and adverse actions, along with the MSPB's review of those actions, and proposing improved and additional training to supervisors. With this rule, OPM seeks to improve the accountability of employees for poor performance and misconduct by streamlining the administrative procedures used by agencies to take performance-based and adverse actions; and MSPB seeks to refocus its p |
| Document number | 2026-13445 |

## Why this score
- Significant rule under EO 12866.

Source: Federal Register API (Office of the Federal Register) (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/02/2026-13445/promoting-employee-accountability). Last refreshed: 2026-11-04T09:17:43.641Z.
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