Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

Evidence log

• 2026-10-29 — Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs Using Oral Fluid (OFMG): HHS proposed a revision to the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs Using Oral Fluid (OFMG), updating the 2023 scientific and technical rules federal agencies must follow when testing employees via saliva specimens; proposed rule, companion to the UrMG revision. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-10-29 — Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs Using Urine (UrMG): HHS proposed a revision to the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs Using Urine (UrMG), updating the rules federal agencies must follow when collecting and testing employee urine specimens; proposed rule, no indicated change in covered population or analytes. (novelty: 2)

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