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July 20, 2000 Excepted Service: Notice.
This gives notice of positions placed or revoked under Schedules A and B, and placed under Schedule C in the excepted service, as required by Civil Service Rule VI, Exceptions from the Competitive Service. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suzy Barker, Director, Staffing Reinvention Office, Employment Service (202) 606-0830.   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

July 20, 2000 5 CFR Part 177 -- Administrative Claims Under the Federal Tort Claims Act: Final rule.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing final regulations for administrative claims filed with OPM for the loss of or damage to property, personal injury, or death resulting from the negligent or wrongful act or omission of its employees while acting within the scope of their office or employment. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James S. Green, Associate General Counsel, or Gloria Clark, Paralegal Specialist, Office of the General Counsel, (202) 606-1700.   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

July 19, 2000 5 CFR Parts 890 and 892 -- Health Insurance Premium Conversion: Interim rule with request for comments.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing interim regulations to enable employees to pay Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) premiums with pre-tax dollars. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurie Bodenheimer, (202) 606-0004, or email to lrbodenh@opm.gov.   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

July 19, 2000 5 CFR Part 550 -- Pretax Allotments for Health Insurance Premiums: Interim rule with request for comments.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing interim regulations to enable employees to pay Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) premiums through an allotment paid with pre-tax dollars. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryce Baker, (202) 606-2858 or FAX:(202) 606-0824 or EMAIL: payleave@opm.gov.   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

July 17, 2000 5 CFR Part 591 -- Cost-of-Living Allowances (Nonforeign Areas); Honolulu, HI: Final rule.
The Office of Personnel Management is adopting as final an interim increase in the cost-of-living allowance (COLA) rate for Honolulu. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald L. Paquin, (202) 606-2838; fax: (202) 606-4264; or email: COLA@opm.gov.   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

July 17, 2000 5 CFR Part 591 -- Cost-of-Living Allowances (Nonforeign Areas); Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: Interim rule with request for comments.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is publishing an interim regulation to increase the cost-of-living allowance (COLA) rate paid to certain Federal employees in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). This regulation increases the local retail COLA rate for the Guam/CNMI allowance area from 22.5 percent to 25 percent. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald L. Paquin, (202) 606-2838; fax: (202) 606-4264; or email: COLA@opm.gov.   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

July 17, 2000 Report On 1998 Surveys Used to Determine Cost-of-Living Allowances in Nonforeign Areas: Notice.
This notice publishes the "Report on 1998 Surveys Used to Determine Cost-of-Living Allowances in Nonforeign Areas." The Federal Government uses the results of these surveys to set cost-of-livingallowance (COLA) rates for General Schedule, U.S. Postal Service, and certain other Federal employees in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Based on the survey findings, the Office of Personnel Management is increasing the local retail COLA rate for the Guam and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands allowance area in an interim regulation published with this notice. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald L. Paquin, (202) 606-2838; fax:(202) 606-4264; or email: COLA@opm.gov.   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

July 13, 2000 5 CFR Part 532 -- Prevailing Rate Systems; Change in the Survey Cycle for the Orleans, LA, Nonappropriated Fund Wage Area: Final rule.
The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a final rule to change the timing of local wage surveys in the Orleans, Louisiana, nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area. This change will help even out the local wage survey workload for the Department of Defense and improve the amount and quality of data it collects during annual local wage surveys in the Orleans wage area. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Hopkins, (202) 606-2848, FAX: (202) 606-0824, or email jdhopkin@opm.gov.   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

July 11, 2000 The Presidential Advisory Committee on Expanding Training Opportunities: Notice of meeting.
Time and Date: 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, August 1, 2000.
Place: White House Conference Center, Truman Room, 725 Jackson Place, Washington, DC. The Truman Room is on the 3rd floor.
Status: This meeting will be open to the public.   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

July 11, 2000 5 CFR Part 532 -- Prevailing Rate Systems; Abolishment of the Franklin, PA, Nonappropriated Fund Wage Area: Final rule.
The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a final rule that will abolish the Franklin, Pennsylvania, nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area and redefine Franklin and Blair Counties, PA, to the Cumberland, PA, NAF FWS wage area. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Hopkins by phone at (202) 606-2848, by FAX at (202) 606-0824, or by email at jdhopkin@opm.gov.   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

July 11, 2000 5 CFR Part 532 -- Prevailing Rate Systems; Abolishment of the Lebanon, PA, Nonappropriated Fund Wage Area: Final rule.
The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a final rule that will abolish the Lebanon, Pennsylvania, nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area and redefine Lebanon County, PA, to the York, PA, NAF FWS wage area. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Hopkins by phone at (202) 606-2848, by FAX at (202) 606-0824, or by email at jdhopkin@opm.gov.   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

July 7, 2000 5 CFR Part 550 -- Payments During Evacuation: Final rule.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing final regulations to raise the age requirement for payment of the maximum per diem rate for a dependent of an evacuated civilian employee from age 11 to age 12. This applies to evacuations in the United States because of natural disasters or for military or other reasons that create an imminent danger to life. This final rule makes OPM's regulations consistent with Department of Defense (DOD) evacuation regulations. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roger Knadle, (202) 606-2858, FAX: (202) 606-0824, or email at payleave@opm.gov.   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

July 7, 2000 5 CFR PARTS 3, 213, 315 --Appointments of Persons With Psychiatric Disabilities: Final rule.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing final regulations creating a new Governmentwide excepted appointing authority, with noncompetitive conversion to the competitive service authorized by Executive Order 13124, for persons with psychiatric disabilities. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Riedel-Alvarez or Kitty Kobert on (202) 606-1059, TTY (202) 606-0023, or FAX (202) 606-0927.   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

July 3, 2000 Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Review of a Revised Information Collection: Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Open Season Express Interactive Voice Response (IVR) System: Notice.
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: The FEHB Open Season Express IVR System. For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on (202) 606-8358, or E-mail to mbtoomey@opm.gov   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

July 3, 2000 5 CFR Part 178 -- Procedures for Settling Claims: Final rule.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule to amend its regulation on procedures for settling claims. The amendments reflect the recent transfer within OPM of the authority to settle claims by advising individuals where they now may file such claims. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo-Ann Chabot, (202) 606-1700.   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

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