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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to issue proposed regulations to modify the definition of seasonal employment.  OPM is seeking to modify his definition to better accommodate the changing nature of seasonal employment.  Several agencies have indicated the need to make seasonal appointments beyond the current regulatory time frames.  For example, for several years our nation has been experiencing a longer than normal fire season in certain geographic locations, which poses a significant threat to life and property.  This requires seasonal employees to combat this crisis which is of an increasingly variable duration.  The current regulatory limitations hamper an agency’s ability to reemploy trained and experienced staff needed for mission-critical responses for situations such as this.