U. S. Office of Personnel Management

FEDERAL REGISTER DOCUMENTS

September 1998


September 22, 1998: Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request for Reclearance of Expiring Information Collections

The Office of Personnel Management published three notices regarding submission to the Office of Management and Budget of requests for clearance of information collections under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, as follows:

  • SF 2809-1, Annuitant/OWCP Health Benefits Election Form, will be used by 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.  [Federal Register Notice: PDF or text]
  • SF 2809, Federal Employees 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 FEHB Program.  [Federal Register Notice: PDF or text]
  • Information and Instructions on Your Reconsideration Rights, RI 38-47, outlines the procedures required to request reconsideration of an initial OPM decision about Civil Service or Federal Employees retirement, Retired Federal or Federal Employee Health Benefits requests to enroll or change enrollment, or Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance coverage.  [Federal Register Notice: PDF or text]

To obtain copies of these proposals please contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey at <mbtoomey@opm.gov>.

September 18, 1998: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request for Reclearance of a Revised Information Collection: Form RI 20-80

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 20-80, Alternative Annuity Election, is used for individuals who are eligible to elect whether to receive a reduced annuity and a lump-sum payment equal to their retirement contributions (alternative form of annuity) or an unreduced annuity and no lump sum. To obtain copies of this proposal please contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey at <mbtoomey@opm.gov>.  [Federal Register Notice: PDF or text]

September 18, 1998: Federal Salary Council; Correction to Notice of Meeting

The Federal Salary Council is correcting the notice published on September 10, 1998. The fifty-fifth meeting of the Federal Salary Council scheduled for Monday, September 28, 1998, will begin at 12 noon. Further information may be obtained from Ruth O'Donnell at <rmodonne@opm.gov>.  [Federal Register Notice: PDF or text]

September 17, 1998: Excepted Service: Consolidated Listing of Schedules; A, B, and C Exceptions; Notice

Gives a consolidated notice of all positions excepted under Schedules A, B, and C as of June 30, 1998, as required by Civil Service Rule VI, Exceptions from the Competitive Service. Further information may be obtained from Patricia H. Paige at <phpaige@opm.gov>.  [Federal Register Notice: PDF (211K File) or text (209K File)]

September 10, 1998: Federal Salary Council; Notice of Meeting

Announces that the fifty-fifth meeting of the Federal Salary Council will be held on September 28, 1998 at the Office of Personnel Management headquarters in Washington, DC. Further information may be obtained from Ruth O'Donnell at <rmodonne@opm.gov>.  [Federal Register Notice: PDF or text] See also change published September 18, 1998.

September 10, 1998: Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Review of a Revised Information Collection: Form DPRS-2809

Anounces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget a request for review of a revised information collection. DPRS-2809, Request to Change FEHB Enrollment or to Receive Plan Brochures, is used by former spouses and Temporary Continuation of Coverage recipients who are eligible to elect, cancel, or change health benefits enrollment during open season. Copies of the proposal may be obtained from Mary Beth Smith-Toomey at <mbtoomey@opm.gov>.  [Federal Register Notice: PDF or text]

September 3, 1998: Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, Medically Underserved Areas for 1999

The Office of Personnel Management has completed its annual calculation of the States that qualify as Medically Underserved Areas under the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program for the calendar year 1999. This is necessary to comply with a provision of FEHB law that mandates special consideration for enrollees of certain FEHB plans who receive covered health services in states with critical shortages of primary care physicians. Further information may be obtained from Kenneth A. Lease at <kenlease@opm.gov>.  [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]


 

Updated 13 November 1998