July 2006
SUMMARY: This notice publishes the ``Nonforeign Area General Population
Rental Equivalence Survey Report.'' The General Population Rental
Equivalence Survey (GPRES) was a special research project in which the
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) collected data on homeowner
estimates of the rental value of their homes and market rents in the
nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance (COLA) areas and in the
Washington, DC area. OPM conducted GPRES to determine whether rental
survey data collected in the COLA surveys should be adjusted to account
for homeowner shelter costs. Based on the GPRES results, OPM has
determined that no adjustment is appropriate. OPM is publishing this
report to inform interested parties of the research results and provide
an opportunity for comment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald L. Paquin, (202) 606-2838; fax: (202) 606-4264; or e-mail: COLA@opm.gov.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final
regulation regarding the excepted service appointments of persons with
mental retardation, severe physical disabilities, and psychiatric
disabilities. The regulation improves the Federal Government's ability
to hire persons with these disabilities. It is designed to remove
barriers and increase employment opportunities for persons with
disabilities.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deidre Dessommes by telephone on 202-606-0960, by FAX on 202-606-2329, by TDD on 202-418-3134, or by e-mail at deidre.dessommes@opm.gov.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing proposed
regulations to amend the criteria under which OPM may grant dual
compensation (salary off-set) waivers on a case-by-case basis, or
delegate waiver authority to agencies. This amendment clarifies that
OPM may grant or delegate to agencies the authority to grant such
waivers in situations resulting from emergencies posing an immediate
and direct threat to life or property or situations resulting from
unusual circumstances that do not involve an emergency.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janice Warren, 202-606-2367, FAX: 202-606-2329, by TDD: 202-418-3134, or e-mail: janice.warren@opm.gov
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing final
regulations to carry out the notification and training requirements of
the Notification and Federal Employees Antidiscrimination and
Retaliation Act of 2002 (No FEAR Act). This rule will implement the
notice and training provisions of the No FEAR Act.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary D. Wahlert by telephone at (202) 606-2930; by FAX at (202) 606-2613; or by e-mail at NoFEAR@opm.gov
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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:
David Guilford, Center for Leadership and Executive Resources Policy, Division for Strategic Human Resources Policy, 202-606-1391.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management is issuing final
regulations to provide agencies with the authority to increase the
rates of basic pay of certain members of the Senior Executive Service
whose pay was set before the agency's senior executive performance
appraisal system was certified for the calendar year involved. The
final regulations allow an agency to review the rate of basic pay of
these employees and provide an additional pay increase, if warranted,
up to the rate for level II of the Executive Schedule upon
certification of the agency's senior executive performance appraisal
system for the current calendar year.
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: OPM proposes to add a new system of records to its inventory
of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a),
as amended. This action is necessary to meet the requirements of the
Privacy Act to publish in the Federal Register notice of the existence
and character of records maintained by the agency (5 U.S.C.
552a(e)(4)).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nelldean Monroe, 303-236-8031.
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