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Federal Register Documents
August 2000 |
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August 31, 2000
Science and Technology (S&T) Reinvention Laboratory
Personnel Demonstration Project, Department of the Army, Aviation Research,
Development, and Engineering Center (AVRDEC) and Missile Research, Development,
and Engineering Center (MRDEC): Notice of amendment of the AVRDEC and MRDEC
demonstration project plans to merge the two separate demonstrations into one
project. The resulting project is designated the S&T Reinvention Laboratory
Personnel Demonstration Project at the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Research,
Development, and Engineering Center (AMCOM RDEC).
Both demonstration projects were approved on June 27, 1997
and implemented on September 28, 1997. The formation of the Army Aviation
and Missile Command (AMCOM), a directed BRAC 95 action, took place on
October 11, 1997. This BRAC action placed both demonstration projects under
the organizational control of AMCOM. Army planning included the eventual merger
of the MRDEC and AVRDEC after several years of operation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: AVRDEC: Mr. David Knepper, Aviation Research,
Development, and Engineering Center, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command,
ATTN: AMSAM-RD, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama 35898-5000, phone 256-876-1522.
MRDEC: Ms. Lana Hargrove, Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center,
U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, ATTN: AMSAM-RD, Redstone Arsenal,
Alabama 35898-5000, phone 256-955-6734. OPM: Mr. Gary Hacker,
U.S. Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Room 7458,
Washington, DC 20415, phone 202-606-2820.
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August 30, 2000
5 CFR Part 330 -- Positions Restricted to Preference
Eligibles: Final rule.
The Office of Personnel Management is issuing final
regulations covering competitive service positions that are restricted to
preference eligibles. These regulations update the responsibilities of both
individual agencies and OPM to provide career transition assistance to preference
eligibles who are separated by reduction in force because their positions are
contracted out to the private sector under authority of Office of Management
and Budget Circular A-76.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas A. Glennon or Jacqueline R. Yeatman,
202-606-0960, FAX 202-606-2329.
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August 29, 2000
Science and Technology (S&am;T) Reinvention Laboratory
Personnel Demonstration Project, Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems
Command Warfare Centers: Notice of amendment of a demonstration project plan
to establish a new category of positions designated as Senior Scientific Technical
Manager (SSTM).
5 U.S.C. 4703 authorizes OPM to conduct demonstration
projects that experiment with new and different personnel management concepts
to determine whether such changes in personnel policy or procedures would result
in improved Federal personnel management. Public Law 103-337, October 5, 1994,
permits the Department of Defense (DoD), with the approval of OPM, to carry
out personnel demonstration projects generally similar to the China Lake demonstration
project at DoD S&am;T reinvention laboratories. The Warfare Centers commenced
implementation of their demonstration project on March 15, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Warfare Centers: Vicki Warner, NSWC/NUWC
Demonstration Project Office, NSWCDD, HR Department, 17320 Dahlgren Road,
Dahlgren, VA 22448, phone 540-653-8507. OPM: Joan Jorgenson, U.S. Office
of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Room 7458, Washington, DC 20415,
phone 202-606-1315.
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August 29, 2000
5 CFR Parts 831 and 842 -- Retirement Eligibility
for Nuclear Materials Couriers Under CSRS and FERS: Final rule.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is adopting its
interim regulations applicable to nuclear materials couriers employed under
the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement
System (FERS).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth R. Brown, (202) 606-0299.
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August 29, 2000
5 CFR Part 330 -- Interagency Career Transition
Assistance for Displaced Former Panama Canal Zone Employees: Final rule.
The Office of Personnel Management is issuing final
regulations that provide certain displaced employees of the former Panama Canal
Zone with interagency priority consideration for vacant competitive service
positions in the continental United States.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas A. Glennon or Jacqueline R. Yeatman,
202-606-0960, FAX 202-606-2329.
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August 23, 2000
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Reclearance
of Information Collection, OPM Form 805 Series: Notice.
OPM will submit a request to the Office of Management
and Budget for reclearance of the OPM Form 805, Application to be Listed Under
the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: P. Kaziah Clayton on (202) 606-2531
or email to pkclayto@opm.gov.
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August 21, 2000
Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee;
Open Committee Meetings
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, September 7, 2000
Thursday, September 21, 2000
Thursday, September 28, 2000
The meeting will start at 10 a.m. and will be held in Room 5A06A, Office of
Personnel Management Building, 1900 E Street, NW., Washington, DC.
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August 17, 2000
5 CFR Part 532 -- Prevailing Rate Systems;
Redefinition of the Los Angeles, CA, Appropriated Fund Wage Area: Proposed
rule with request for comments.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a
proposed rule to remove Inyo County, CA, from the Los Angeles, CA, appropriated
fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Hopkins at (202) 606-2848; FAX at
(202) 606-0824; or email at jdhopkin@opm.gov.
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August 17, 2000
5 CFR Part 532 -- Prevailing Rate Systems;
Abolishment of the Philadelphia, PA, Special Wage Schedule for Printing
Positions: Interim rule with request for comments.
The Office of Personnel Management is issuing an interim
rule to abolish the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Federal Wage System (FWS)
special wage schedule for printing positions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Hopkins by phone at (202) 606-2848;
by FAX at (202) 606-0824; or by email at jdhopkin@opm.gov.
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August 16, 2000
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
for a New Customer Satisfaction Survey for the Workforce Compensation
and Performance Service Web Pages: Notice
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a request for an
emergency clearance to add a customer survey to the Workforce Compensation
and Performance Service (WCPS) web pages located on the OPM web site,
including the Performance Management Technical Assistance Center,
the Compensation Administration pages, the Federal Classification System pages,
and the Strategic Compensation page. This survey will allow WCPS to elicit customer feedback, and thus,
further improve customer service.
For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on
(202) 606-8358, or e-mail to mbtoomey@opm.gov.
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August 16, 2000
Submission for OMB Review; Comment
Request; Review of Reinstated Information Collection: Instructions
and Form 1417: Notice.
The Office of Personnel Management has submitted
to the Office of Management and Budget a request for clearance of
a revised information collection. Form 1417, Combined Federal Campaign
Annual Reporting.
For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on
(202) 606-8358, or E-mail to mbtoomey@opm.gov.
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August 16, 2000
Submission for OMB Review; Comment
Request for Review of a New Information Collection: Notice.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office
of Human Resource Development, submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget a request for review of a new information collection
instrument. In order to determine the success of our Website
( http://www.opm.gov/hrd),
OPM needs to learn what constituents think about the content of the
website and its effectiveness. We're Listening--A Survey of the OHRD
Website is designed for this purpose.
For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on
(202) 606-8358, or mbtoomey@opm.gov.
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August 16, 2000
5 CFR Part 531 -- Pay Under the General
Schedule; Locality-Based Comparability Payments: Proposed rule with
request for comments.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is
issuing proposed regulations to change the boundaries of two locality
pay areas for 2001 by adding the State of Rhode Island to the
Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT, locality pay area and Monterey
County, CA to the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, locality pay area.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allan Hearne, (202) 606-2838;
FAX: (202) 606-4264; EMAIL: payleave@opm.gov.
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August 11, 2000
Submission for OMB Review; Comment
Request for Reinstatement Without Change of an Information Collection:
Notice.
The Office of Management and Budget a request
for reinstatement without change of an information collection. Standard
Form 3112, CSRS/FERS Documentation in Support of Disability Retirement
Application, collects information from applicants for disability
retirement so that OPM can determine whether to approve a disability
retirement.
For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on
(202) 606-8358, or E-mail to mbtoomey@opm.gov
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August 09, 2000
5 CFR Part 532 --Prevailing Rate
Systems; Miscellaneous Changes to Certain Federal Wage System Wage
Areas: Interim rule with request for comments.
The Office of Personnel Management is issuing
an interim rule to add Jefferson County, Washington, as an area of
application to the Kitsap, WA, nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal
Wage System (FWS) wage area.
We are also renaming the Champaign-Urbana, IL, FWS wage area as the
Central Illinois FWS wage area; updating the name of the White Sands
Proving Grounds in the El Paso, TX, and Albuquerque, NM, wage area
listings to the White Sands Missile Range; and correcting a typographic
error in the wage area listing for the Southern Colorado wage area.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Hopkins, (202) 606-2848;
FAX: (202) 606-0824; or email jdhopkin@opm.gov.
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August 07, 2000
5 CFR Parts 550, 595, and 610 --
Pay Administration; Back Pay; Holidays; and Physicians' Comparability
Allowances: Final rule.
The Office of Personnel Management is issuing
final regulations to reflect three changes in law that are already
effective. The final regulations clarify that back pay awards are
subject to a 6-year statute of limitations unless a shorter statute
of limitations period applies. They also reflect a change in the
designation of holidays for certain Federal employees working overseas.
Finally, they reflect an increase the maximum physicians' comparability
allowance from $20,000 to $30,000 per year for employees who have
served as a Government physician for more than 24 months.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James R. Weddel, (202) 606-2858,
FAX: (202) 606-0824, or email: payleave@opm.gov.
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August 04, 2000
Submission for OMB Review; Comment
Request for Reinstatement Without Change of an Information Collection:
Reemployment of Annuitants, 5 CFR 837.103: Notice.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a request for
reinstatement without change of an information collection.
Section 837.103 of Title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, requires
agencies to collect information from retirees who become employed
in Government positions.
For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on
(202) 606-8358, or E-mail to mbtoomey@opm.gov
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August 04, 2000
Excepted Service: Notice.
This gives notice of positions placed or revoked
under Schedules A and B, and placed under Schedule C in the excepted
service,as required by Civil Service Rule VI, Exceptions from the
Competitive Service.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suzy Barker, Director, Staffing
Reinvention Office, Employment Service (202) 606-0830.
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August 04, 2000
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
for Review of a Revised Information Collection: Forms RI 20-7 and
RI 30-3: Notice.
RI 20-7, Representative Payee Application, is
used by the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal
Employees' Retirement System (FERS) to collect information from
persons applying to be fiduciaries for annuitants or survivor
annuitants who appear to be incapable of handling their own funds
or for minor children. RI 30- 3, Information Necessary for a Competency
Determination, collects medical information regarding the annuitant's
competency for OPM's use in evaluating the annuitant's condition.
Comments are particularly invited on: whether this information is
necessary for the proper performance of functions of OPM, and whether
it will have practical utility; whether our estimate of the public
burden of this collection of information 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 the use of appropriate technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on
(202) 606-8358, or E-mail to mbtoomey@opm.gov
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August 04, 2000
Submission for OMB Review; Comment
Request for Reinstatement With Change of an Information Collection:
SF 2823 : Notice.
SF 2823, Designation of Beneficiary: Federal
Employees' Group Life Insurance, is used by any Federal employee
or retiree covered by the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance
Program to instruct the Office of Federal Employees' Group Life
Insurance how to distribute the proceeds of his or her life insurance
when the statutory order of precedence does not meet his or her needs.
For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on
(202) 606-8358, or E-mail to mbtoomey@opm.gov
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August 04, 2000
5 CFR Part 330 -- Career Transition
Assistance for Surplus and Displaced Federal Employees: Final
regulation.
The Office of Personnel Management is issuing
final regulations on the current career transition assistance programs.
These programs assist Federal employees displaced from their jobs by
downsizing. These final regulations address comments submitted on
the interim regulations.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacqueline Yeatman on (202) 606-0960,
FAX (202) 606-2329, TDD (202) 606-0023,
email: jryeatma@opm.gov.
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Created 1 September 2000
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