April 2005
SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management is issuing interim
regulations to implement a provision of the Federal Workforce
Flexibility Act of 2004 which provides an agency with the authority to
grant a newly appointed or reappointed employee credit for prior work
experience that otherwise would not be creditable for the purpose of
determining the employee's annual leave accrual rate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon Dobson 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: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the U.S. Office of
Personnel Management (OPM) submitted to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) a request for review of a revised information collection.
Standard Form 1153, Claim for Unpaid Compensation of Deceased Civilian
Employee, is used to collect information from individuals who have been
designated as beneficiaries of the unpaid compensation of a deceased
Federal civilian employee or who believe that their relationship to the
deceased entitles them to receive the unpaid compensation of a deceased
Federal civilian employee. OPM needs this information in order to
adjudicate the claim and properly assign a deceased Federal civilian
employee's unpaid compensation to the appropriate individuals(s).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 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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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management is issuing an interim
regulation to implement a change in law that requires the use of the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration permissible exposure
limit standard for concentrations of airborne asbestos fibers for an
environmental differential pay category that covers Federal prevailing
rate (wage) employees.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madeline Gonzalez, (202) 606-2838; e-
mail pay-performance-policy@opm.gov;
or fax: (202) 606-4264.
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SUMMARY: This gives notice of OPM decisions granting authority to make
appointments under Schedules A, B and C in the excepted service as
required by 5 CFR 6.6 and 213.103.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Quasette Crowner, Chief, Executive
Resources Group, Center for Leadership and Executive Resources Policy,
Division for Strategic Human Resources Policy, 202-606-8046.
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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 a request for review of a revised information collection. RI
38-45, We Need the Social Security Number of the Person Named Below, is
used by the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees
Retirement System to identify the records of individuals with similar
or the same names. It is also needed to report payments to the Internal
Revenue Service.
Approximately 3,000 RI 38-45 forms are completed annually. Each
form requires approximately 5 minutes to complete. The annual estimated
burden is 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 on a plain language rewrite of its regulations regarding
the employment of relatives as part of a broader review of OPM's
regulations. The purpose of the revision is to make the regulations
more readable.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Scott A. Wilander by telephone at
(202) 606-0830; by TTY at (202) 418-3134; by fax at (202) 606-0390; or
by e-mail at sxwiland@opm.gov.
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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, May 5, 2005;
Thursday, May 26, 2005;
Thursday, June 9, 2005;
Thursday, June 23, 2005;
Thursday, July 14, 2005;
Thursday, July 28, 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.
The Committee's primary responsibility is to review the Prevailing
Rate System and other matters pertinent to establishing prevailing
rates under subchapter IV, chapter 53, 5 U.S.C., as amended, and from
time to time advise the Office of Personnel Management.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Committee's Secretary, Office of Personnel Management,
Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee, Room 5538, 1900 E Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20415 (202) 606-1500
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a proposed
regulation to designate two sections of the Alternative Ranking and
Selection Procedures from the Chief Human Capital Officers Act of 2002
(Title XIII of the Homeland Security Act) as veterans' preference
requirements for purposes of a prohibited personnel practice violation,
thereby aligning these sections with other statutory provisions
covering veterans' preference.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Linda Watson by telephone at (202)
606-0830; by fax at (202) 606-2329; by TTY at (202) 418-3134; or by e-
mail at linda.watson@opm.gov.
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