September 2005
SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing proposed
regulations concerning employee surveys required by the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004. The regulations will
add a new subpart which requires agencies to conduct an annual survey
of their employees. In addition, the proposed regulations provide a
list of questions that must appear in each agency's employee survey.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the survey
questions, contact Nancy Kichak by phone on 202-606-0722, by FAX on
202-606-2922, or by e-mail at nancy.kichak@opm.gov. For all other
information, contact Hakeem Basheerud-Deen by phone on 202-606-1434, by
FAX on 202-606-2329, or by e-mail at hakeem.basheerud-deen@opm.gov. You may contact Ms. Kichak and Mr. Basheerud-Deen by TTY on 202-418-3134.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Salary Council will meet at the time and location
shown below. The Council is an advisory body composed of
representatives of Federal employee organizations and experts in the
fields of labor relations and pay policy. The Council makes
recommendations to the President's Pay Agent (the Secretary of Labor
and the Directors of the Office of Management and Budget and the Office
of Personnel Management) about the locality pay program for General
Schedule employees under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code.
The Council's recommendations cover the establishment of modification
of locality pay areas, the coverage of salary surveys, the process of
comparing Federal and non-Federal rates of pay, and the level of
comparability payments that should be paid.
The Council will review the results of pay comparisons and
formulate its recommendations to the President's Pay Agent on pay
comparison methods, locality pay area boundaries for 2007. The Council
anticipates it will complete its work for this year at this meeting and
has not scheduled any additional meetings for 2005. The public may
submit written materials about the locality pay program to the Council
at the address shown below. The meeting is open to the public.
DATE: October 3, 2005, at 10:00 a.m.
LOCATION: Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW., Room 5303 (Pendleton Room), Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald J. Winstead, Deputy Associate
Director for Pay and Performance Policy, Office of Personnel
Management, 1900 E Street, NW., Room 7H31, Washington, DC 20415-8200.
Phone (202) 606-2838; FAX (202) 606-4264; or 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 Office of
Personnel Management (OPM) has submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) a request for reclearance of an information
collection. RI 25-49, Verification of Full-Time School Attendance, is
used to verify that adult student annuitants are entitled to payments.
OPM must confirm that a full-time enrollment has been maintained.
Approximately 10,000 RI 25-49 forms are completed annually. The
form takes approximately 60 minutes to complete.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Beth Smith-Toomey, OPM
Forms Officer, at (202) 606-8358, FAX (202) 418-3251 or mbtoomey@opm.gov. Please include your mailing address with your request.
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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 reclearance of a revised information
collection. SF 3102, Designation of Beneficiary (FERS), is used by an
employee or an annuitant covered under the Federal Employees Retirement
System to designate a beneficiary to receive any lump sum due in the
event of his/her death.
Approximately 2,893 SF 3102 forms are completed annually. Each form
takes approximately 15 minutes to complete. The annual estimated burden
is 723 hours.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Beth Smith-Toomey, OPM
Forms Officer, at (202) 606-8358, FAX (202) 418-3251 or mbtoomey@opm.gov. Please include your mailing address with your request.
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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 a request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review of a revised information
collection. The Optional Form (OF) 306, Declaration for Federal
Employment, is completed by applicants who are under consideration for
Federal or Federal contract employment.
The OF 306 requests that the applicant provide personal identifying
data, including, for example, general background information,
information concerning retirement pay received or requested and
information on Selective Service registration and military service. The
revision is to make needed administrative updates.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Beth Smith-Toomey, OPM
Forms Officer, at (202) 606-8358, FAX (202) 418-3251 or mbtoomey@opm.gov. Please include your mailing address with your request.
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