U.S. Office of Personnel Management - Ensuring the Federal Government has an effective civilian workforce

SUMMARY: On January 22, 2004, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued implementing rules regarding the reimbursement provisions of Title II of the No FEAR Act (69 FR 2997). The interim final rule contained a 60-day comment period. Upon further consideration, OPM has decided to extend the initial comment period until April 26, 2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary D. Wahlert by telephone at (202) 606-2920; by fax at (202) 606-0967; or by email at NoFEAR@opm.gov.
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Abstract: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing interim regulations to implement certain Governmentwide human resources flexibilities contained in the Homeland Security Act of 2002. This regulation provides agencies with increased flexibility in assessing applicants using alternative ranking and selection procedures; the ability to select qualified candidates for jobs in the competitive service using direct-hire procedures including selection for temporary and term positions; the authority to pay or reimburse the costs of academic degree training from appropriated or other available funds under specified conditions; and increased flexibility in the use of academic degree training to address agency-specific human capital needs, goals, and challenges. This interim regulation will also remove part 333 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, Recruitment and Selection for Temporary and Term Appointments Outside the Register.
Agency Contact: Diane Tyrrell, Division for Strategic Human Resources Policy, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street, NW., Washington, DC 20415, Phone: 202 606-0960, Fax: 202 606-2329, email: dmtyrrel@opm.gov.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a request for reclearance of a revised information collection. RI 20-7, Representative Payee Application, is used by the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) to collect information from persons applying to be fiduciaries for annuitants or survivor annuitants who appear to be incapable of handling their own funds or for minor children. RI 30- 3, Information Necessary for a Competency Determination, collects medical information regarding the annuitant's competency for OPM's use in evaluating the annuitant's condition.
For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on (202) 606-8358, FAX (202) 418-3251 or via email to mbtoomey@opm.gov. Please include a mailing address with your request.
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SUMMARY: This gives notice of OPM decisions granting authority to make appointments under Schedules A, B and C in the excepted service as required by 5 CFR 6.6 and 213.103.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Delores Everett, Center for Leadership and Executive Resources Policy, Division for Strategic Human Resources Policy, 202-606-1050.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a proposed regulation amending the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Acquisition Regulation (FEHBAR). This regulation includes additional contract cost principles and procedures for FEHB Program experience-rated contracts and is intended to clarify our requirements and enhance our oversight of FEHB carriers.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Easton, Senior Policy Analyst (202) 606-0004.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to submit a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The OPM is requesting OMB to approve a revised collection associated with the OPM Form 1300, Presidential Management Fellows Program Application, which was given emergency approval September 2003. Approval of the Presidential Management Fellows Program (PMF) application is necessary to facilitate the timely nomination, selection and placement of Presidential Management Fellows finalists in Federal agencies.
For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on (202) 606-8358, FAX (202) 418-3251 or via email to mbtoomy@opm.gov. Please include a mailing address with your request.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for reclearance of a revised information collection. RI 92-19, Application for Deferred or Postponed Retirement: Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS), is used by separated employees to apply for either a deferred or a postponed FERS annuity benefit.
For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on (202) 606-8358, FAX (202) 418-3251 or via email to mbtoomy@opm.gov. Please include a mailing address with your request.
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SUMMARY: As required by section 3132(b)(4) of title 5, United States Code, this gives notice of all positions in the Senior Executive Service (SES) that were career reserved during 2003
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Delores Everett, Center for Leadership and Executive Resources Policy, (202) 606-1050.
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According to the provisions of section 10 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given that meetings of the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee will be held on--
Thursday, March 25, 2004;
Thursday, April 8, 2004; and
Thursday, April 22, 2004.
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the "2003 Nonforeign Area Cost-of- Living Allowance Survey Report: Alaska and Washington, DC, Areas." The Federal Government uses the results of these surveys to set cost-of- living allowance (COLA) rates for General Schedule, U.S. Postal Service, and certain other Federal employees in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. This report contains the results of the COLA surveys that the Office of Personnel Management conducted in Alaska and the Washington, DC, area during the spring and summer of 2003.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald L. Paquin, (202) 606-2838; fax: (202) 606-4264; or email: COLA@opm.gov.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review of a revised information collection. RI 30-1, Request to Disability Annuitant for Information on Physical Condition and Employment, is used by persons who are not yet age 60 and who are receiving disability annuity and are subject to inquiry as to their medical condition as OPM deems reasonably necessary. RI 30-1 collects information as to whether the disabling condition has changed.
For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on (202) 606-8358, FAX (202) 418-3251 or email to mbtoomey@opm.gov. Please include your mailing address with your request.
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SUMMARY: The agencies that issued the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (UGESP or Uniform Guidelines) (43 FR 38290 et. seq., August 25, 1978, 29 CFR part 1607, 41 CFR part 60-3, 28 CFR 50.14, and 5 CFR 300.103(c)) have previously recognized the need for an interpretation of the Uniform Guidelines, as well as the desirability of providing additional guidance to users and enforcement personnel, by publishing two sets of Questions and Answers (44 FR 11996, March 2, 1979; 45 FR 29530, May 2, 1980). These Additional Questions and Answers are intended to provide further guidance in interpreting the Uniform Guidelines with respect to the Internet and related technologies. This document solicits public comment on the information collection requirements in the Additional Questions and Answers.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol Miaskoff, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission at (202) 663-4637.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for the extension of a currently approved information collection. SF 2809, Employee Health Benefits Election Form, is used by Federal employees, certain separated former Federal employees, and former dependents of Federal employees, to enroll for health insurance coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program. Certain former spouses who are eligible for enrollment under the Spouse Equity Act of 1984 (Pub. L. 98-615), and former employees and former dependents who are eligible for enrollment under the Temporary Continuation of Coverage (TCC)
For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on (202) 606-2150, or email to mbtoomey@opm.gov. Please include a mailing address with your request.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget a request for an expiring collection. SF 2809-1, Annuitant/OWCP Health Benefits Election Form, is used by annuitants of Federal retirement systems other than the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), including the Foreign Service Retirement System and the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP), and certain former dependents of these individuals. These former dependents include certain former spouses who are eligible for enrollment under the Spouse Equity Act of 1984 (Pub. L. 98-615), and certain former dependents who are eligible for enrollment under the Temporary Continuation of Coverage (TCC) provisions of FEHB law (5 U.S.C. 8905a).
For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on (202) 606-8358, FAX (202) 418-3251 or via email to mbtoomey@opm.gov. Please include a mailing address with your request.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review of a revised information collection. RI 25-14, Self-Certification of Full-Time School Attendance For The School Year, is used to survey survivor annuitants who are between the ages of 18 and 22 to determine if they meet the requirements of Section 8341(a)(4)(C), and Section 8441, title 5, U.S. Code, to receive benefits as a student. RI 25-14A, Information and Instructions for Completing the Self-Certification of Full-Time School Attendance, provides instructions for completing the Self- Certification of Full-Time School Attendance For The School Year survey form.
For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on (202) 606-8358, FAX (202) 418-3251 or via email to mbtoomey@opm.gov. Please include a mailing address with your request.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review of a revised information collection. SF 2823, Designation of Beneficiary: Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance, is used by any Federal employee or retiree covered by the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program to instruct the Office of Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance how to distribute the proceeds of his or her life insurance when the statutory order of precedence does not meet his or her needs.
For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on (202) 606-8358, FAX (202) 418-3251 or via email to mbtoomey@opm.gov. Please include a mailing address with your request.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is amending its regulations regarding administrative sanctions of health care providers participating in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP). This rule clarifies the circumstances under which payments may be made from FEHBP funds to suspended providers and implements the financial sanctions provisions of section 2 of the Federal Employees Health Care Protection Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-266), which authorize OPM to impose civil monetary penalties and financial assessments against health care providers who commit certain types of violations against the FEHBP.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Cope, Debarring Official, Office of the Inspector General, Office of Personnel Management, by telephone at 202-606-2851, by fax at 202-606-2153, or by email at debar@opm.gov.
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