May 2005
SSUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management is issuing interim
regulations to implement section 301 of the Federal Workforce
Flexibility Act of 2004, which amends the rules governing pay setting
for employees covered by the General Schedule. In particular, we are
revising provisions related to special rates, locality rates, and
retained rates. The statutory and regulatory changes are designed to
correct a variety of pay administration anomalies that resulted in
unfair pay reductions or unwarranted pay increases, to allow locality
rates and special rates to be treated in similar ways, and to improve
the operation of the special rates program.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryce Baker by telephone at (202) 606-
2858; by fax at (202) 606-0824; or by e-mail at
pay-performance-policy@opm.gov.
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SUMMARY: This gives notice of OPM decisions granting authority to make
appointments under Schedules A, B and C in the excepted service as
required by 5 CFR 6.6 and 213.103.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Quasette Crowner, Chief, Executive
Resources Group, Center for Leadership and Executive Resources Policy,
Division for Strategic Human Resources Policy, 202-606-8046.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing to amend
its regulations concerning agency reporting requirements on training.
The purpose of the revision is to assist agencies to effectively
collect information that supports agency determinations of its
workforce training needs, and document the results of training and
development programs implemented to address those needs, by requiring
input into the OPM Governmentwide electronic data collection system.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Loretta L. Reeves by telephone at
(202) 606-2419, by fax at (202) 606-2329, by TDD at (202) 418-3134, or
by e-mail at Loretta.Reeves@opm.gov.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing the final
regulations that set forth rules for the administration of the Federal
Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Easton, (202) 606-0770, or
aseaston@opm.gov.
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SUMMARY: On February 28, 2005, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
issued proposed rules regarding the notification and training
requirements of Title II of the No FEAR Act (70 FR 9544). The proposed
rule contained a 60-day comment period. Upon further consideration, OPM
has decided to reopen the initial comment period until June 28, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary D. Wahlert by telephone at (202)
606-2930; by FAX at (202) 606-2613; or be e-mail at NoFEAR@opm.gov.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget a request for extension of two previously-
approved information collections for which approval will soon expire.
OPM uses the two information collections, a price survey and a
background survey, to gather data to be used in determining nonforeign
area cost-of-living allowances (COLAs) paid to certain Federal
employees in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands,
Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. OPM conducts Price Surveys in
the Washington, DC, area on an annual basis and once every 3 years in
each allowance area on a rotating basis. Prior to these surveys, OPM
conducts Background Surveys that are similar to the Price Surveys, but
much more limited in scope. OPM uses the results of the Background
Surveys to prepare for the Price Surveys.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Beth Smith-Toomey
at (202) 606-8358; fax: (202) 418-3251; or E-mail: mbtoomey@opm.gov.
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SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, May
22, 1995), the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) seeks comments on
its intention to request Office of Management and Budget clearance of
three currently approved information collection forms. The
Establishment Information Form, the Wage Data Collection Form, and the
Wage Data Collection Continuation Form are wage survey forms developed
by OPM for use by the Department of Defense to establish prevailing
wage rates for Federal Wage System employees.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madeline Gonzalez, (202) 606-2838; fax
(202) 606-4264; or e-mail pay-performance-policy@opm.gov.
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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. SF 3102, Designation of Beneficiary (FERS), is used by an
employee or an annuitant covered by the Federal Employees Retirement
System to designate a beneficiary to receive any lump sum due in the
event of his/her death.
Comments are particularly invited on: whether this collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of functions of
OPM, and whether it will have practical utility; whether our estimate
of the public burden of this collection 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 use of the appropriate technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Approximately 2,037 SF 3102 forms are completed annually. Each form
takes approximately 15 minutes to complete. The annual estimated burden
is 509 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) intends to submit to the Office of
Management and Budget a request for review of an information
collection. RI 25-49, Verification of Full-Time School Attendance, is
used to verify that adult student annuitants are entitled to payments.
OPM must confirm that a full-time enrollment has been maintained.
Comments are particularly invited on: whether this collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of functions of
OPM, and whether it will have practical utility; whether our estimate
of the public burden of this collection 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 use of the appropriate technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Approximately 10,000 RI 38-45 forms are completed annually. Each
form requires approximately 60 minutes to complete. The annual
estimated burden is 10,000 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: 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 a request for review of a revised information
collection. RI 25-7, Marital Status Certification Survey, is used to
determine whether widows, widowers, and former spouses receiving
survivor annuities from OPM have remarried before reaching age 55 and,
thus, are no longer eligible for benefits from OPM.
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 techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Approximately 2,500 forms are completed annually. Each form takes
approximately 15 minutes to complete. The annual estimated burden is
625 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 (OPM) is issuing final
regulations modifying the Presidential Management Intern (PMI) Program.
The regulations implement Executive Order 13318, which renames the PMI
Program as the Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program, with two
components: Presidential Management Fellows (Fellows) and Senior
Presidential Management Fellows (Senior Fellows). The regulations
prescribe OPM and agency responsibilities with respect to
administration of the PMF Program and amend other regulations to
reflect the changes established by the Executive Order. In addition,
the regulations allow the OPM Director to provide guidance for an
orderly transition from the PMI Program to the PMF Program.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Lorenz by telephone on 202-606-
0960, by FAX on 202-606-2329, by TDD on 202-418-3134, or by e-mail at
employ@opm.gov.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a final rule to
abolish the San Francisco, CA, nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage
System (FWS) wage area and redefine San Francisco County as an area of
application to the Santa Clara, CA, NAF FWS wage area. This change is
necessary because the closure of Fort Mason Officers' Club left the San
Francisco wage area without a host activity to conduct local NAF wage
surveys.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madeline Gonzalez, (202) 606-2838;
email pay-performance-policy@opm.gov;
or FAX: (202) 606-4264.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a proposed rule
that would redefine the geographic boundaries of the Central North
Carolina Federal Wage System (FWS) appropriated fund wage area. The
proposed rule would remove Edgecombe and Wilson Counties, NC, from the
survey area and add Hoke County, NC, to the survey area. The
redefinition of Edgecombe, Hoke, and Wilson Counties would align the
geographic definition of the Central North Carolina wage area more
closely with the regulatory criteria used to define FWS wage areas.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madeline Gonzalez, (202) 606-2838;
email pay-performance-policy@opm.gov;
or FAX: (202) 606-4264.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management is issuing interim
regulations to implement a provision of the Federal Workforce
Flexibility Act of 2004 to provide agencies with the authority to pay
recruitment, relocation, and retention incentives to employees. The new
authorities will provide agencies with additional flexibility to help
recruit and retain employees and better meet agency strategic human
capital needs. The new authorities replace the former recruitment and
relocation bonus and retention allowance authorities that applied to
General Schedule and other categories of Federal employees.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeanne Jacobson by telephone at (202)
606-2858; by fax at (202) 606-0824; or by e-mail at pay-performance-
policy@opm.gov.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management is issuing final
regulations to implement a change in law 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 final 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: Jeanne Jacobson by telephone at (202)
606-2858; by FAX at (202) 606-0824; or by e-mail at pay-performance-
policy@opm.gov.
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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 U.S. Office of
Personnel Management (OPM) submitted to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) a request for review of a revised information collection.
OPM Form 1673, Procedures for Submitting Compensation and Leave Claims,
is used to collect information from current and former Federal civilian
employees who are submitting a claim for compensation and/or leave. OPM
needs this information in order to adjudicate the claim.
We received no comments on our 60-day notice on OPM Form 1673,
published in the Federal Register on August 24, 2004.
Approximately 40 claims are submitted annually. It takes
approximately 60 minutes to complete the form. The annual estimated
burden is 40 hours.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on
(202) 606-8358, Fax (202) 418-3251, or e-mail to mbtoomey@opm.gov.
Please include a mailing address with your request.
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