OPM Withdrawal of Proposed FOIA Regulations Amendment
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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has officially withdrawn a proposed rule that was originally published on July 24, 2008, which sought to amend its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regulations. The withdrawal is attributed solely to the significant passage of time — nearly 18 years — since the proposal was first introduced, rendering it outdated and no longer actionable in its current form. OPM has indicated that it intends to pursue future rulemaking to update its FOIA regulations, meaning new amendments will be proposed through a fresh regulatory process. No substantive changes to existing FOIA procedures are being made at this time as a result of this action. This action is largely procedural and housekeeping in nature. It clears the regulatory docket of a long-stale proposal and signals OPM's intent to revisit the topic with a new, updated rulemaking effort. Until a new proposal is published and finalized, OPM's current FOIA regulations remain in effect unchanged.
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Key Changes
- OPM formally withdraws proposed FOIA regulation amendment originally published July 24, 2008 — after nearly 18 years on the docket
- No substantive changes to existing OPM FOIA regulations; current rules remain fully in effect
- Regulatory docket cleared of the 2008 stale proposal as a housekeeping measure
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