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About Us

Policy

The PMF Program has a rich history going back to 1977 when President Carter issued Executive Order 12008 establishing "The Presidential Management Intern Program." Four follow-on Executive Orders renamed and refined the program, laying out the rules by which the program would be administered by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

President Obama's Executive Order 13562 made additional changes to the PMF Program and combined it under the Pathways Programs umbrella.

The table below contains a variety of Program regulations, policies, Executive orders, and a fact sheet.

NOTE:  The previous "PMF Guide for Agencies" included program guidance based on previous PMF Program regulations. The PMF Program Office is planning to replace the Guide with a "PMF Program Operations Manual" based on current Pathways Programs regulations. The Manual will be posted to this webpage and communicated to participating Federal agencies once available.

Document Description File Type
OPM's Pathways Programs Reference Materials Select the link to be redirected to OPM's Pathways Programs webpage containing Reference Material. icon_link
Pathways Programs Regulations Copy of the full Pathways Programs regulations effective June 11, 2024. This is an Adobe (.pdf) file. Pdf [202 KB]
Pathways Programs Handbook The purpose of the handbook is to provide practical guidance to agency personnel responsible for the implementation and/or administration of the Pathways Programs. The Handbook, which reflects Government-wide guidance, should serve as a template for agencies to use in the development of an agency-specific program. THIS GUIDANCE IS BASED ON THE INITIAL REGULATIONS AND WILL BE UPDATED TO REFLECT NEW REGULATIONS IN EFFECT AS OF 06/11/2024. This is an Adobe (.pdf) file effective 08-2016. Pdf [622 KB]
Executive Orders

This Adobe (.pdf) file, posted 12/2010, contains all Program Executive Orders from 1977 to the present:

  • Executive Order 13562 of December 27, 2010
  • Executive Order 13318 of November 21, 2003
  • Executive Order 12645 of July 12, 1988
  • Executive Order 12364 of May 24, 1982
  • Executive Order 12008 of August 25, 1977
 Pdf [36 KB]

UPDATED: 09-26-2024