[Federal Register: November 15, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 220)]
[Notices]
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Review of a Revised
Information Collection: RI 20-63, RI 20-116, RI 20-117
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 review of a revised
information collection. RI 20-63, Survivor Annuity Election for a
Spouse, is used by annuitants to elect a reduced annuity with a
survivor annuity for their spouse. RI 20-116 is a cover letter for RI
20-63 giving information about the cost to elect less than the maximum
survivor annuity. This letter may be used to decline to elect. RI 20-
117 is a cover letter for RI 20-63 giving information about the cost to
elect the maximum survivor annuity. This letter may be used to ask for
more information or to decline to elect.
RI 20-117 is accompanied by RI 20-63A, Information on Electing a
Survivor Annuity for Your Spouse, or RI 20-63B, Information on Electing
a Survivor Annuity for Your Spouse When You Are Providing a Former
Spouse Annuity. Both booklets explain the election. RI 20-63A is for
annuitants who do not have a former spouse who is entitled to survivor
annuity benefit; RI 20-63B is for those who do have a former spouse who
is entitled to a benefit. These booklets do not require OMB clearance.
They have been included because they provide the annuitant additional
information.
Comments are particularly invited on: Whether this collection of
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 are returned each year electing
survivor annuities and 200 annuitants return the cover letter to ask
for information about the cost to elect less than the maximum survivor
annuity or to refuse to provide any survivor benefit. 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, FAX (202) 418-3251 or via e-mail to
MaryBeth.Smith-Toomey@opm.gov. Please include a mailing address with your request.
DATES: Comments on this proposal should be received within 60 calendar
days from the date of this publication.
ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to--Pamela S. Israel, Chief,
Operations Support Group, Center for Retirement and Insurance Services,
U.S. Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street, NW., Room 3349,
Washington, DC 20415-3540.
For Information Regarding Administrative Coordination--Contact:
Cyrus S. Benson, Team Leader, Publications Team, RIS Support Services/
Support Group; (202) 606-0623.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Dan G. Blair,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 06-9196 Filed 11-14-06; 8:45 am]
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