# OPM Clarifies USAJobs Data Use

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) revised the USAJobs API terms to clarify that public federal job-posting data may be copied, analyzed, redistributed, and used for lawful commercial or noncommercial purposes without prior approval. The clarification gives contractors and developers a clearer basis for building analytics and related services from the data, while prohibiting misrepresentation of it as official or unaltered federal information, misuse of federal seals or logos, and deceptive applicant-data collection or other unlawful conduct.

- Contractors and developers can evaluate USAJobs public data as an input for workforce analytics and related services without seeking prior approval, subject to the stated restrictions.
- Procurement teams considering tools based on USAJobs data can assess the data’s provenance and distinguish third-party analysis from official OPM information.
- Companies using the data must avoid implying federal endorsement or altering data in ways that misrepresent it; applicant-data collection must not be deceptive or unlawful.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Information Technology
**Topics:** Regulatory Compliance
**Published:** October 12, 2026

### Government Entities
- Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

### Sources
- [OPM updates terms of service for USAJobs data following user confusion | FedScoop](https://fedscoop.com/opm-terms-usajobs-data-user-confusion-api-fraud) - FedScoop