[Federal Register: December 28, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 250)]
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

 
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Review of an Expiring 
Information Collection: OPM FORM 1644

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 an expiring information 
collection. OPM Form 1644, Child Care Provider Information: Child Care 
Tuition Assistance Program for Federal Employees, is used to verify 
that child care providers are licensed and/or regulated by local and/or 
State authorities. Agencies need to know that child care providers to 
whom they make disbursements in the form of tuition assistance 
subsidies, are licensed and/or regulated by local and/or State 
authorities.
    Pub. L. 106-58, passed by Congress on September 29, 1999, permits 
Federal agencies to use appropriated funds to help their lower income 
employees with their costs for child care. It is up to the agencies to 
decide on whether to implement this law. This is a new law and the 
extent to which it will be implemented, including the number of 
providers that will be involved, cannot be easily predicted. We 
estimate approximately 3000-5000 OPM 1644 forms will be completed 
annually. The form will take approximately 10 minutes to complete by 
each provider.
The annual estimated burden is 83.5 hours.
Comments are particularly invited on:

    
 Whether the form adequately captures the information 
needed to verify child care provider State and/or local licensure and 
regulation;
    
 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 information 
collection strategies.

    For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on 
(202) 606-8358, or E-mail to mbtoomey@opm.gov.

DATES: Comments on this proposal should be received on or before 
February 26, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to: Patricia F. Kinney, Director, 
Office of Work/Life Programs, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, 1900 
E St., NW., Washington, DC 20415.

FOR INFORMATION REGARDING ADMINISTRATION COORDINATION CONTACT: Brooke 
L. Brewer, Work/Life Program Specialist, Office of Work/Life Programs, 
(202) 606-2012.

Office of Personnel Management.
Janice R. Lachance,
Director.
[FR Doc. 00-33112 Filed 12-27-00; 8:45 am]
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