Click here to skip navigation
This website uses features which update page content based on user actions. If you are using assistive technology to view web content, please ensure your settings allow for the page content to update after initial load (this is sometimes called "forms mode"). Additionally, if you are using assistive technology and would like to be notified of items via alert boxes, please follow this link to enable alert boxes for your session profile.
This website uses features which update page content based on user actions. If you are using assistive technology to view web content, please ensure your settings allow for the page content to update after initial load (this is sometimes called "forms mode"). Alert box notification is currently enabled, please follow this link to disable alert boxes for your session profile.

This page can be found on the web at the following url:
https://www.pmf.gov/about-us/policy/

Click here to skip navigation
An Official Web Site of the United States Government

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
Pathways Transition and Implementation Guidance As a result of the initial Pathways regulations, this guidance was created and distributed to participating Federal agencies on how to transition and implement their Pathways Programs as of 06/22/2012. THIS GUIDANCE IS BEING UPDATED AS OF 04/12/2024. This is an Adobe (.pdf) file. Pdf [KB]
Pathways Programs Regulations 04-12-2024 Revised Pathways Programs regulations posted in the Federal Register on April 12, 2024. Regulations effective June 11, 2024. Refer to initial regulations for additional information. This is an Adobe (.pdf) file posted on 04/22/2024. Pdf [468 KB]
Initial Pathways Programs Regulations 05-11-2012 Initial Pathways Programs regulations posted in the Federal Register on May 11, 2012. This is an Adobe (.pdf) file. Pdf [329 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 AS OF 04/12/2024. 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]
Presidential Management Fellows Program Fact Sheet The fact sheet outlines the changes to the PMF Program as a result of the Pathways Programs regulations. This is an Adobe (.pdf) file posted on 05/11/2012. Pdf [231 KB]

UPDATED: 04-22-2024