October 2004
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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