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Personnel Documentation

Our Agency issues Governmentwide guidance on documenting individuals' Federal employment. OPM and the agency human resources offices use these documents to make decisions about employees' rights and benefits throughout their careers. Here you'll find instructions for Federal agencies' human resources offices on preparing personnel actions and keeping the Official Personnel Folder.

Guide to Processing Personnel Actions
Last revised December 23, 2007. How to prepare personnel actions, Standard Forms 52 and 50.

Updates
The most recent changes to the Guide to Processing Personnel Actions and the Guide to Personnel Recordkeeping.

Frequently Asked Questions

Guide to Personnel Recordkeeping
Last revised November 2006. How to create, use and transfer Official Personnel Folders [1122KB]

Service Credit For Leave
What civilian and military service counts toward in setting an employee's annual leave accrual rate [145KB]

Updates via Email

Questions/Comments to: fedstats@opm.gov

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