Regulation & law · 07/11/2013

OPM Amends Regulations to Grant Partial Exemption to Federal Employees in Washington D.C.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is updating its rules to allow certain Federal employees living in the District of Columbia to engage in some political activities, and to officially designate Washington D.C. as a locality where such exemptions are permitted, following a review that found the area meets the requirements set by the Hatch Act, which was modified by the Hatch Act Modernization Act of 2012.