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U. S. Office of Personnel Management
FEDERAL REGISTER DOCUMENTS
April 1999
April 27, 1999: Federal Employees--Group Life Insurance Program: New Premiums; Interim Regulations
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The Office of Personnel Management is issuing interim
regulations as a result of the Federal Employees Life Insurance
Improvement Act, enacted October 30, 1998, to expand the number of age
bands in the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) Program,
to implement new premium rates for all coverage categories, and to
change the current birthday rule effective date for Optional insurance
when an employee, annuitant, or compensationer moves from one premium-
rated age band to another for Optional insurance. Further information may be obtained from Sharon Neuner at <scneuner@opm.gov>. [Federal Register Notice: PDF or text]
April 26, 1999: January 1999 Pay Adjustments
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The rates of basic pay and locality payments for certain
categories of Federal employees were adjusted in January 1999, as
authorized by the President. This notice documents those pay
adjustments for the public record. Further information may be obtained from Denise Jenkins at <payleave@opm.gov>. [Federal Register Notice: PDF or text]
April 26, 1999: Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Review of a Revised
Information Collection: RI 25-15
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Announces that the Office of Personnel Management intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget a request for review of a revised information collection. RI 25-15, Notice of Change In Student's Status, is used to collect sufficient information from adult children of deceased Federal employees or annuitants to assure that the child continues to be
eligible for payments from OPM. To obtain copies of this proposal please contact the OPM Reports and Forms Manager at <formsmanager@opm.gov>. [Federal Register Notice: PDF or text]
April 26, 1999: Prevailing Rate Systems; Changes in Federal Wage System Survey
Jobs
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The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a proposed rule making several technical adjustments to make Federal Wage System survey jobs more useful survey tools for local wage surveys. Further information may be obtained from Mark A. Allen at <maallen@opm.gov>. [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]
April 23, 1999: Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request for Reclearance of Expiring Information Collections
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The Office of Personnel Management published two notices regarding submission to the Office of Management and Budget of requests for clearance of information collections under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, as follows:
- Standard Form 15, Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference. OPM
examining offices and agency appointing officials use the information
provided to adjudicate an individual's claim for veterans' preference
in accordance with the Veteran Preference Act of 1944. [Federal Register Notice: PDF or text]
- SF 2817, Life Insurance Election, is used by employees to
enroll in or change their enrollment in the Federal Employees' Group
Life Insurance Program. [Federal Register Notice: PDF or text]
To obtain copies of these proposals please contact the OPM Reports and Forms Manager at <formsmanager@opm.gov>.
April 16, 1999: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request for Review of a
Revised and Expired Information Collection
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Announces that the Office of Personnel Management will submit to the Office of Management and Budget a request for review of a revised and expired information collection. OPM Form 2809, Health Benefits Registration Form, is used by annuitants and former spouses to elect, cancel, or change health
benefits enrollment during periods other than open season. To obtain copies of this proposal please contact the OPM Reports and Forms Manager at <formsmanager@opm.gov>. [Federal Register Notice: PDF or text]
April 13, 1999: Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of the Orlando, FL,
Appropriated Fund Wage Area; Final Rule
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The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a final rule to
redefine Orange, Osceola, Seminole, and Volusia Counties, Florida, from
the Orlando, FL, appropriated fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area
to the Jacksonville, FL, FWS wage area. Further information may be obtained from Jennifer Hopkins at <jdhopkin@opm.gov>. [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]
April 13, 1999: Prevailing Rate Systems; Abolishment of the Orlando, FL,
Appropriated Fund Wage Area; Final Rule
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The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a final rule to
abolish the Orlando, Florida, appropriated fund Federal Wage System
wage area. Further information may be obtained from Jennifer Hopkins at <jdhopkin@opm.gov>. [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]
April 7, 1999: Reduction in Force Service Credit; Retention Records; Final Rule
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The Office of Personnel Management is issuing final regulations that cover service credit for reduction in force purposes.
These final regulations also cover access to reduction in force records
by employees and their representatives. Further information may be obtained from Thomas A. Glennon at <taglenno@opm.gov> or Jacqui R. Yeatman at <jryeatma@opm.gov>. [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text] See also correction published May 3, 1999.
April 6, 1999: Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program: Court Orders; Interim Rule
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The Office of Personnel Management is issuing interim
regulations to implement a new law which was enacted July 22, 1998.
This law requires that provisions of a court decree of divorce,
annulment, or legal separation, or the terms of a court order or court-
approved property settlement agreement relating to such a court decree
be followed instead of the otherwise existing statutory order of
precedence for payment of benefits under the Federal Employees' Group
Life Insurance Program. Further information may be obtained from Karen Leibach at <kleibach@opm.gov>. [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]
April 2, 1999: Prevailing Rate Systems; Environmental Differential Pay for
Working at High Altitudes; Final Rule
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The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a final
regulation to establish an 8 percent environmental differential pay
(EDP) category for Federal Wage System (FWS) employees who work at
land-based worksites located higher than 3900 meters (12,795 feet) in
altitude, provided such employees are required to commute to their
worksites on the same day from a substantially lower altitude under
circumstances in which the rapid change in altitude may result in
acclimation problems. Further information may be obtained from Jennifer Hopkins at <jdhopkin@opm.gov>. [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]
April 1, 1999: Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Contributions and
Withholdings; Final Rule
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The Office of Personnel Management is issuing final
regulations under the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) law that
specify procedures for OPM's annual determination of the weighted
average of subscription charges, for self only and for self and family
FEHB enrollments respectively. The determinations are a requirement
under recent amendments to the FEHB law that authorize a new method for
adjusting Government contributions toward health plan enrollment
charges. Further information may be obtained from Bonnie R. Rose at <brrose@opm.gov>. [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]
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