Where can the full, named list of all 2015 Presidential Rank Award recipients be downloaded from OPM?

1. Where the full, named list can be downloaded

The specific downloadable file is hosted on OPM’s site and is reachable via the Presidential Rank Awards 2015 page; the direct PDF link is listed on that page as “presidential-rank-awards-2015-full-list.pdf,” which can be downloaded from OPM’s Presidential Rank Awards 2015 section ^{[1] [2]}.

2. What appears in that OPM PDF and an important caveat

OPM’s “full list” PDF is the publicly posted roster of 2015 Presidential Rank Award winners, but OPM itself notes this was compiled only from those winners who agreed to public identification as of the specified date — in other words the document is not necessarily a legally exhaustive list of every awardee in 2015 ^[1]. Government reporting at the time also emphasized that the OPM list reflected winners who agreed to be identified publicly, signaling the same limitation flagged on OPM’s PDF ^{[3] [4]}.

3. Timing and official announcement context

OPM announced the 2015 winners on its Presidential Rank Awards page and the administration’s release timing is reflected in contemporaneous reporting that OPM published the list in late 2015; press coverage indicates OPM posted winners in mid-December 2015 and other reporting cites an OPM announcement in November 2015 as part of the selection and approval process ^{[5] [3]}. Agencies and media used that OPM posting as the authoritative public source for the named awardees ^[3].

4. Agency-level releases and corroboration

Several federal agencies issued their own news items naming their employees among the 2015 awardees, drawing on the OPM announcement; for example the Department of Homeland Security published a release naming nine DHS employees who received 2015 Presidential Rank Awards, citing the OPM/White House announcement ^[6]. Independent trade press also summarized OPM’s posted list and provided counts and examples of named winners pulled from the OPM file ^{[4] [3]}.

5. Practical steps for retrieval and use

To obtain the document, go to OPM’s Presidential Rank Awards 2015 landing page and download the PDF titled “presidential-rank-awards-2015-full-list.pdf”; that PDF is the OPM-hosted, named list referenced by agencies and the press ^{[2] [1]}. Users relying on the file for research should note OPM’s caveat that the file includes only individuals who agreed to public identification as of the posted date, and may therefore omit awardees who declined public listing ^[1].

6. Alternative viewpoints and the transparency question

While OPM’s posted PDF is the primary public source for named 2015 recipients used by media and agencies, advocates for fuller transparency could reasonably argue that the OPM caveat means the public file is incomplete and that a fully exhaustive roster would require either additional agency disclosures or records released under different authorities; reporting and agency releases rely on the OPM posting as the public record but also note its self-described limits ^{[1] [3] [6]}.