U.S. Office of Personnel Management - Ensuring the Federal Government has an effective civilian workforce

This gives notice of OPM decisions, granting authority to make appointments under Schedule C in the excepted service as required by 5 CFR 6.1 and 213.103.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam Shivery, Director, Washington Service Center, Employment Service (202) 606-1015.
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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 38-117, Rollover Election, is used to collect information from each payee affected by a change in the tax code (Public Law 102-318) so that OPM can make payment in accordance with the wishes of the payee.
For copies of this proposal, 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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This gives notice of OPM decisions, granting authority to make appointments under Schedule A and Schedule C in the excepted service as required by 5 CFR 6.1 and 213.103.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam Shivery, Director, Washington Service Center, Employment Service (202) 606-1015.
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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing interim regulations to amend the rules governing Presidential Rank Awards to implement the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act of 2002 which extends eligibility for Presidential Rank Awards to certain senior career employees.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Kirby, (202) 606-1610, or e-mail to SESmgmt@opm.gov.
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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review of a revised 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 overpayments to FERS disability retirees.
For copies of this proposal, 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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In conformance with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidelines (Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility and Integrity of Information Disseminated by Federal Agencies Federal Register Volume 66, No.189 at 49718, updated in Volume 67, No. 36 at 8452), the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is seeking comments on OPM's draft Information Quality Guidelines. These draft guidelines are published on OPM's website at http://www.opm.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Huley, Assistant Chief Information Officer, 1900 E Street, NW., Washington, DC 20415-7900. Telephone 202-606-2150 or by e-mail to rmhuley@opm.gov.
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The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a final rule to change the timing of local wage surveys in the Portland, Oregon, appropriated fund Federal Wage System wage area. This change will help the Department of Defense (DOD) balance its wage survey workload.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chenty I. Carpenter, (202) 606-2838, FAX: (202) 606-4264, or e-mail cicarpen@opm.gov.
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The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a final rule that establishes San Joaquin County, California, as a new nonappropriated fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area. This change is necessary because the Army and Air Force Exchange Service built a new distribution facility in the county, which now employs many FWS workers.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chenty I. Carpenter, (202) 606-2848, FAX: (202) 606-4264, or e-mail cicarpen@opm.gov.
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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a request for review of a revised and expiring information collection. OPM-1386B, Applicant Race and National Origin Questionnaire, is used to gather information concerning the race and national origin of applicants for employment under the Outstanding Scholar provision of the Luevano Consent Decree, 93 F.R.D. 68 (1981).
For copies of this proposal, 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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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a request for clearance of an information collection. 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 copies of this proposal, 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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The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a proposed rule that would permit the Department of Defense to survey the Maintenance Mechanic job on an optional basis rather than having to seek OPM's permission when it wants to add that job to appropriated fund wage surveys.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chenty I. Carpenter, (202) 606-2848, FAX: (202) 606-0824, or e-mail cicarpen@opm.gov.
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The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a proposed rule to redefine Tioga County, Pennsylvania, from the Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA, appropriated fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area to the Rochester, New York, FWS wage area.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chenty I. Carpenter, (202) 606-2838, FAX: (202) 606-4264, or e-mail cicarpen@opm.gov.
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