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SUMMARY: Correction; In notice document 04-5428 beginning on page 12002 in the issue of Friday, March 12, 2004, make the following correction: On page 12008, in the second column, in Table 9, in the Index column, the second entry "1152.00" should read, "115.26".
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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 revised information collection of the optional form called Optional Application for Federal Employment (OF 612); the specifications of the improved resume builder in the USAJOBS Web site (http://www.USAJOBS.opm.gov); and screen shots of the Web.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on (202) 606-8358, Fax (202) 418-3251 or via E-mail 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) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review of a revised information collection. SF 2808, Designation of Beneficiary: Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), is used by persons covered by CSRS to designate a beneficiary to receive the lump sum payment due from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund in the event of their death. Approximately 2,000 forms will be completed annually. The form takes approximately 15 minutes to complete. The annual burden is estimated at 500 hours.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on (202) 606-8358, Fax (202) 418-3251 or via E-mail 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. RI 94-7, Death Benefit Payment Rollover Election for the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), provides FERS surviving spouses and former spouses with the means to elect payment of FERS rollover-eligible benefits directly or to an Individual Retirement Arrangement. Approximately 2,000 RI 94-7 forms will be completed annually. The form takes approximately 60 minutes to complete. The annual burden is 2,000 hours.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on (202) 606-8358, FAX (202) 418-3251 or via e-mail to mbtoomey@opm.gov. Please include a mailing address with your request.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management is issuing interim regulations requiring agencies to notify members of the Senior Executive Service (SES) and other employees in senior positions of certain post-employment conflict-of-interest restrictions. Agencies must provide written notification to affected employees of the new salary-based threshold for determining the applicability of the post- employment conflict-of-interest restrictions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo Ann Perrini by telephone at (202) 606-2858; by FAX at (202) 606-0824; or by e-mail at pay-performance-policy@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. RI 25-51, Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) Survivor Annuitant Express Pay Application for Death Benefits, will be used by the Civil Service Retirement System solely to pay benefits to the widow(er) of an annuitant. This application is intended for use in immediately authorizing payments to an annuitant's widow or widower, based on the report of death, when our records show the decedent elected to provide benefits for the applicant.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on (202) 606-8358, FAX (202) 418-3251 or via e-mail 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 currently approved information collection. RI 98-7, We Need Important Information About Your Eligibility for Social Security Disability Benefits, is used by OPM to verify receipt of Social Security Administration (SSA) disability benefits, to lessen or avoid overpayment to Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) disability retirees. It notifies the annuitant of the responsibility to notify OPM if SSA benefits begin and the overpayment that will occur with the receipt of both benefits.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on (202) 606-8358, FAX (202) 418-3251 or via e-mail to mbtoomey@opm.gov. Please include a mailing address with your request.
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SUMMARY:The Office of Personnel Management is issuing proposed regulations to implement a statutory amendment that requires the pay of heads of agencies and other designated employees to be calculated and paid on a biweekly basis instead of on a monthly basis. The proposed regulations also prescribe the circumstances under which an agency may calculate the pay of an employee on a biweekly pay period basis whose pay otherwise would be calculated on a monthly or other basis.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald Genua by telephone at (202) 606-2858; by Fax at (202) 606-4264; or by e-mail at pay-performance-policy@opm.gov.
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SUMMARY:The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is making technical changes in the methodology used to determine nonforeign area cost-of- living allowances (COLAs). The changes correct minor drafting errors; provide consistent treatment of sale prices; allow the use of non- housing price data collected on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands; correct and clarify the definition of survey areas; and allow a one-time prospective index adjustment for the Caribbean and Alaska areas concurrent with the effective date of any COLA rate changes resulting from the 2004 Pacific COLA surveys. OPM is making these changes in large part as the result of experience gained in recent COLA surveys and upon the recommendation of several groups established to assist us in administering the COLA program.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald L. Paquin, (202) 606-2838; fax:(202) 606-4264; or e-mail: COLA@opm.gov
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing proposed regulations to amend the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) Acquisition Regulation. The proposed regulations incorporate changes in administrative policy and practices and make clarifying language changes.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Leibach, (202) 606-0004.
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