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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

 
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request for the Review of a 
Revised Information Collection: RI 38-31

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Notice.

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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. RI 38-31, We Need More Information About Your Missing 
Payment, is sent in response to a notification by an individual of the 
loss or non-receipt of a payment from the Civil Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund. The form requests the information needed to enable OPM 
to trace and/or reissue payment. Missing payments may also be reported 
to OPM by a telephone call.
    Approximately 8,000 reports of missing payments are processed each 
year. Of these, we estimate that 7,800 are reports of missing checks. 
Approximately 200 reports of missing checks are reported using RI 38-31 
and 7,600 are reported by telephone. A response time of ten minutes per 
form reporting a missing check is estimated; the same amount of time is 
needed to report the missing checks or electronic funds transfer (EFT) 
payments using the telephone. The annual burden for reporting missing 
checks is 1,300 hours. The remaining 200 reports relate to EFT 
payments. No missing EFT payments are reported using RI 38-31.The 
annual burden for reporting missing EFT payments is 33 hours. The total 
burden is 1,333 hours.
    For copies of this proposal, 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.

DATES: Comments on this proposal should be received within 30 calendar 
days from the date of this publication.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to--Ronald W. Melton, Deputy 
Assistant Director, Retirement Services Program, Center for Retirement 
and Insurance Services, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E 
Street, NW., Room 3305, Washington, DC 20415-3540; and Joseph F. 
Lackey, OPM Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, NW., 
Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.
    For Information Regarding Administrative Coordination--Contact: 
Cyrus S. Benson, Team Leader, Publications Team, Administrative 
Services Branch, (202) 606-0623.

Kay Coles James,
Director, U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
[FR Doc. 04-26149 Filed 11-24-04; 8:45 am]
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