OPM.gov Home | Subject Index | Important Links | Contact Us | Help

U.S. Office of Personnel Management - Ensuring the Federal Government has an effective civilian workforce

Guide to Processing Personnel Actions

We have governmentwide responsibility and oversight for issuing guidance on the processing of personnel actions. This site contains the operating manual "The Guide to Processing Personnel Actions (Guide)" which assist federal agencies in the preparation and documentation of personnel actions. The Guide available on this site is the most current.

Guide chapters in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
Note: Chapters 2, 5, 8, 12, 25, and 27 are Reserved.
1	3	4	6	7	9	10	11	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
26	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35

To Guide Updates
Chapter Name Listing

Guide Chapter Name Index (Adobe Acrobat PDF Files)

Chapter 1	The Guide to Processing Personnel Actions [87KB]
Chapter 2	Reserved
Chapter 3	General Instructions for Processing Personnel Actions [168KB]
Chapter 4	Requesting and Documenting Personnel Actions [366KB]
Chapter 5	Reserved
Chapter 6	Creditable Service for Leave Accrual [287KB]
Chapter 7	Documenting Veterans' Preference [57KB]
Chapter 8	Reserved
Chapter 9	Career and Career-Conditional Appointments [541KB]
Chapter 10	Nonstatus Appointments in the Competitive Service [426MB]
Chapter 11	Excepted Service Appointments [343KB]
Chapter 12	Reserved
Chapter 13	Senior Executive Service (SES) [551KB]
Chapter 14	Promotions, Changes to Lower Grade, Reassignments, Position Changes and Details [477KB]
Chapter 15	Placement in Nonpay or Nonduty Status [382KB]
Chapter 16	Return to Duty from Nonpay Status [152KB]
Chapter 17	Pay and Step Changes [228kB]
Chapter 18	Exceptions to Reduction in Force Release [128KB]
Chapter 19	Continuance [64KB]
Chapter 20	Name Change [61KB]
Chapter 21	Realignment and Mass Transfer [166KB]
Chapter 22	Change in Federal Employees Group Life Insurance and Election of Living Benefits [80KB]
Chapter 23	Change in Duty Station [83KB]
Chapter 24	Change in Work Schedule/Change in Hours [125KB]
Chapter 25	Reserved
Chapter 26	Change in Tenure [85KB]
Chapter 27	Reserved
Chapter 28	Change in Data Element [68KB]
Chapter 29	Bonuses and Awards [82KB]
Chapter 30	Retirements [141KB]
Chapter 31	Separations by Other than Retirement [355MB]
Chapter 32	Interim Relief Actions, Corrections, Cancellations and Replacement Actions for Cancellations [1.3MB]
Chapter 33	Documentation of Volunteer Service [30KB]
Chapter 34	Topic Index [136KB]
Chapter 35	Glossary of Terms Used in Processing Personnel Actions [246KB]

Questions/Comments to: fedstats@opm.gov

U.S. Office of Personnel Management 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415 | (202) 606-1800 | TTY (202) 606-2532

U.S. Office of Personnel Management - Ensuring the Federal Government has an effective civilian workforce

Guide to Processing Personnel Actions

Guide chapters in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

Guide Chapter Name Index (Adobe Acrobat PDF Files)