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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule modifying the prohibition against Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) plans offering more than 2 options and also modifying what happens when an annuitant's health plan terminates an option, and the annuitant doesn't make a health benefits change.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Leibach, (202) 606-0004.
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SUMMARY: CFR Correction In Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 1 to 699, revised as of January 1, 2004, on page 718, Sec. 630.407 is corrected to read as follows: Sec. 630.407 Sick leave used in computation of annuity.
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SUMMARY: According to the provisions of section 10 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given that meetings of the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee will be held on-- Thursday, January 13, 2005, Thursday, January 27, 2005, Thursday, February 10, 2005, and Thursday, February 24, 2005 The meetings will start at 10 a.m. and will be held in Room 5A06A, Office of Personnel Management Building, 1900 E Street, NW., Washington, DC. The Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee is composed of a Chair, five representatives from labor unions holding exclusive bargaining rights for Federal blue-collar employees, and five representatives from Federal agencies. Entitlement to membership on the Committee is provided for in 5 U.S.C. 5347.
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SUMMARY: The General Services Administration (GSA) is publishing an amended system of records notice for the Government-wide system of records, Contracted Travel Services Program (GSA/GOVT-4), as part of GSA's responsibility to enhance the Federal government's electronic capability. The amendment includes clarification of routine use f., and the addition of routine use o., which allows disclosure of summary or statistical information without reference to any identifiable individual. The system of records is the basis for providing comprehensive travel services for travelers on official Federal business, from initial travel authorization to the final accounting.
FFOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: GSA Privacy Act Officer, Office of Information Management (CI), General Services Administration, 1800 F Street NW, Washington DC 20405; telephone (202) 501-1452.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management is issuing final regulations on behalf of the President's Pay Agent to link the definitions of General Schedule locality pay area boundaries to the geographic scope of the new metropolitan statistical area definitions established by the Office of Management and Budget. This regulation also establishes new criteria for evaluating areas adjacent to locality pay areas for inclusion in the pay area. The regulations retain all of the existing locality pay areas, which are expanded to include a number of additional locations.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allan Hearne, (202) 606-2838; FAX: (202) 606-4264; 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) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for a revised information collection. OPM Form 1644, Child Care Tuition Assistance Program for Federal Employees, is used to verify that child care providers are licensed and/or regulated by State and/or local authorities. Therefore, agencies need to verify that child care providers to whom they make disbursements in the form of child care subsidies meet the statutory requirement. Approximately 2000 OPM 1644 forms will be processed annually. The OPM Form 1644 takes approximately 10 minutes to complete by each provider. The annual estimated burden is 333.3 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. DPRS-2809, Request to Change Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Enrollment or to Receive Plan Brochures, is used by former spouses, Temporary Continuation of Coverage enrollees, and direct pay annuitants to change health benefits enrollment or request plan brochures for plans they wish to consider for enrollment during open season. Approximately 27,000 DPRS-2809 forms are completed annually. We estimate it takes approximately 45 minutes to complete the form. The annual burden is 20,250 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 to establish a performance-based pay system for the Senior Executive Service (SES) and a higher aggregate limitation on pay for SES members and employees in senior-level and scientific or professional positions. These regulations prescribe the criteria for the administration of rates of basic pay and performance awards under the SES performance-based pay system and the rules for applying the aggregate limitation on pay.
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
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing an interim rule to revise the table of reduction factors for early commencing dates of survivor annuities for spouses of separated employees who die before the date on which they would be eligible for unreduced deferred annuities, and to revise the annuity factor for spouses of deceased employees who die in service when those spouses elect to receive the basic employee death benefit in 36 installments under the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) Act of 1986. These rules are necessary to conform the tables to the previously published economic assumptions adopted by the Board of Actuaries.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Jennings, (202) 606-0299.
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