5 CFR § 293.304 - Maintenance and content of folder.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s293.304"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 293.304 - Maintenance and content of folder."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "293.304"
section_name: "Maintenance and content of folder."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "293"
part_name: "PERSONNEL RECORDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 552 and 4315; E.O. 12107 (December 28, 1978), 3 CFR 1954-1958 Comp.; 5 U.S.C. 1103, 1104, and 1302; 5 CFR 7.2; E.O. 9830; 3 CFR 1943-1948 Comp.; 5 U.S.C. 2951(2) and 3301; and E.O. 12107."
regulatory_source: "44 FR 65033, Nov. 9, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "293"
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# 293.304 Maintenance and content of folder.

The head of each agency shall maintain in the Official Personnel Folder the reports of selection and other personnel actions named in section 2951 of title 5, United States Code. The folder shall contain long-term records affecting the employee's status and service as required by OPM's instructions and as designated in the Guide to Personnel Recordkeeping.

[58 FR 65533, Dec. 15, 1993]