OPM discloses EO 14168 changes to the national security background questionnaire (SF-86)

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Office of Personnel Management, Suitability and Credentialing Executive Agent programs
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Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
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SUPPLEMENT: THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE CFR 'TERMINOLOGY' RULEMAKINGS ARE ONLY PARTIALLY CAPTURED — TSA'S MAY 2025 FINAL RULE AND THE AUGUST 2026 FDA COMMENT REOPENING ARE MISSING

Summary

In a renewal submission for Standard Form 86, Questionnaire for National Security Positions, OPM discloses that "de minimis changes were made in May of 2025 to align with Executive Order 14168," and that the updates "have already been incorporated into the eApp system." The notice does not identify the specific language altered. SF-86 is the intake instrument for every federal security clearance investigation; the disclosure establishes that the terminology conformance reached the clearance process in May 2025 — contemporaneous with the TSA rule — but was not published in the Federal Register until fourteen months later.

Status

In effect; changes already implemented in the eApp system. Specific wording not disclosed. (See also section 6.)

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