# Shared Certificates and Pooled Hiring Actions

**Action Urgency Score:** 90/100

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Agency | Personnel Management Office |
| Type | Final rule |
| Action | Interim rule with request for comments. |
| Published | 2026-09-15 |
| Effective | 2026-10-15 |
| Comments close | 2026-11-16 |
| Significant | Yes (EO 12866) |
| CFR parts | 5 CFR 302, 5 CFR 332, 5 CFR 337 |
| Summary | The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing an interim rule to improve hiring efficiency across federal agencies, modify provisions pertaining to how an appointing authority (i.e., the head of a Federal agency or department) may share a competitive certificate with one or more appointing authorities, implement provisions to allow an appointing authority to share an excepted service certificate with one or more appointing authorities, and implement provisions regarding OPM-led hiring actions which allow federal agencies to utilize competitive and excepted service certificates for o |
| Document number | 2026-18828 |

## Why this score
- Comment deadline within 30 days.
- Significant rule under EO 12866.
- Final rule.

Source: Federal Register API (Office of the Federal Register) (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/15/2026-18828/shared-certificates-and-pooled-hiring-actions). Last refreshed: 2026-11-04T09:17:43.641Z.
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