[Federal Register: July 6, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 128)]
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

[RI 20-63]

 
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request for Review of a 
Revised Information Collection

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 a request for review of a revised information 
collection. RI 20-63, Survivor Annuity Election for a Spouse, is used 
by the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to provide information 
about the amount of annuity payable after a survivor reduction and to 
obtain a survivor benefits election from annuitants who are eligible to 
elect to provide survivor benefits for a spouse. Using RI 20-63 the 
annuitant may elect the survivor benefit, decline to make the election, 
or ask for information about electing less than the maximum survivor 
benefit.
    Comments are particularly invited on: whether this information is 
necessary for the proper performance of functions of the Office of 
Personnel Management, and whether it will have practical utility; 
whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection of 
information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and 
methodology; and ways in which we can minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on those who are to respond, through the use 
of appropriate technological collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.
    Approximately 2,400 RI 20-63 forms and 200 cover letters are 
completed per year. It is estimated to take approximately 45 minutes to 
complete the form with a burden of 1,800 hours and 10 minutes to 
complete the letter, which gives a burden of 34 hours. The total burden 
for RI 20-63 is 1,834 hours.
    For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on 
(202) 606-8358, or E-mail to mbtoomey@opm.gov.

DATES: Comments on this proposal should be received on or before 
September 7, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to--Ronald W. Melton, Chief, 
Operations Support Division, Retirement and Insurance Service, U.S. 
Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street, NW, Room 3349, 
Washington, DC 20415.

FOR INFORMATION REGARDING ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATION--CONTACT: Phyllis 
R. Pinkney, Management Analyst, Budget & Administrative Services 
Division, (202) 606-0623.

Office of Personnel Management.
Janice R. Lachance,
Director.
[FR Doc. 99-16991 Filed 7-2-99; 8:45 am]
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