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Guidance as of July 2026

The GPPA Navigator is a guided reference tool for HR professionals to identify the correct codes for personnel actions that drive federal workforce data.

For questions and assistance, contact HRLOB@opm.gov.

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Chapter 6: Creditable Service for Leave Accrual
Chapter 7: Documenting Veterans' Preference
Chapter 9: Career and Career-Conditional Appointments
Chapter 10: Nonstatus Appointments in the Competitive Service
Chapter 11: Excepted Service Appointments
Chapter 13: Senior Executive Service (SES)
Chapter 14: Promotions, Changes to Lower Grade, Level, or Band, Reassignments, Position Changes and Details
Chapter 15: Placement in Nonpay or Nonduty Status and Documentation of Written Warnings
Chapter 16: Return to Duty from Nonpay Status
Chapter 17: Pay and Step Changes
Chapter 18: Exceptions to Reduction in Force Release
Chapter 19: Continuance
Chapter 20: Name Change
Chapter 21: Realignment and Mass Transfer
Chapter 22: Change in Federal Employees Groups Life Insurance and Election of Living Benefits
Chapter 23: Change in Duty Station
Chapter 24: Change in Work Schedule / Change in Hours
Chapter 26: Change in Tenure
Chapter 27: Phased Employment / Phased Retirement
Chapter 28: Change in Data Element
Chapter 29: Bonuses and Awards
Chapter 30: Retirements
Chapter 31: Separations by Other than Retirement
Chapter 32: Corrections, Cancellations, Replacement, Newly Required, and Interim Relief Actions

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Table 6B: Effective Date and Remarks for Appointment Actions or Actions Changing the Service Computation Date-Leave
Table 7B: Remarks
Table 9I: Chapter 9 Remarks
Table 10I: Chapter 10 Remarks
Table 11C: Chapter 11 Remarks
Table 13C: Remarks Required in Special Situations
Table 14K: Chapter 14 Required Remarks
Table 15B: Remarks
Table 16B: Remarks
Table 17E: Chapter 17 Remarks
Table 18B: Remarks
Table 22B: Remarks
Table 23B: Remarks
Table 24C: Remarks
Table 28B: Remarks
Table 30B: Remarks Required for Retirement Actions
Table 31C: Codes for Required Remarks
Table 32D: Remarks Required for Correction Actions
Table 32F: Remarks Required on Cancellation Actions
Table 32G: Remarks Required on Replacement and Newly Required Actions

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OPM Logo
Analytics
Workforce Size & Composition Workforce Changes Compensation, Performance & Leave Federal Recruitment Demographics LocationLabor Unions & Bargaining Units
Data Tools
Table Builder
Get Data
Data DownloadsAPI Access   New Feature
Data Standards
EHRI Data Standards EHRI Data Validation Checks Personnel Office Identifiers (POI) Duty Stations
References
Guide to Human Resources Reporting
Data Release Policy
Privacy Impact Assessment
System of Record Notice
Tools
GPPA Navigator   New Feature
Info & Help
Getting Started Release Notes
Submit Request
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Resources
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