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OPM implements years-in-the-making update to federal hiring process - September 8, 2025
By Erich Wagner, Government Executive

The Office of Personnel Management on Monday finalized regulations more than a half decade in the making aimed at giving federal hiring managers greater flexibility in selecting applicants for federal jobs.

The “rule of many” in federal hiring was first enacted as part of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act and looks to meld the positive aspects of two other federal hiring formats: the “rule of three” and category rating.

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