OPM Federal Register Documents -- December 2001

December 31, 2001 [Technical Amendment.]
Pay Administration (General): This document contains a technical amendment to the final regulation that was published in the Federal Register on January 9, 1981. This amendment removes a reference to the CFR that is no longer available.
DATES: This amendment is effective on December 31, 2001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacquline D. Carter, (202) 606-1973.
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December 31, 2001 [Notice.]
Excepted Service: This gives notice of positions placed or revoked under Schedule C in the excepted service, as required by Civil Service Rule VI, Exceptions from the Competitive Service.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam Shivery, Director, Washington Service Center, Employment Service (202) 606-1015.
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December 28, 2001 [Final Rule.]
Locality-Based Comparability Payments: The Office of Personnel Management is issuing final regulations to clarify and redefine the limitations on locality rates of pay for categories of non-General Schedule employees approved by the President's Pay Agent to receive locality-based comparability payments. This change was prompted by an Executive order that delegated the President's authority to establish such limitations to the President's Pay Agent.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeanne Jacobson, (202) 606-2858, FAX: 202) 606-0824, or e-mail: payleave@opm.gov.
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December 28, 2001 [Notice.]
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Review of a Revised Information Collection: RI 25-37: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget a request for review of an information collection. Form RI 25-37, Evidence to Prove Dependency of a Child, is designed to collect sufficient information for OPM to determine whether the surviving child of a deceased Federal employee is eligible to receive benefits as a dependent child.
For copies of this proposal, 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 you request.
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December 27, 2001 [Final rule, technical amendment.]
Miscellaneous Changes in Office of Personnel Management's Regulations: The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a final rule to remove all references to the Federal Personnel Manual (FPM). With the abolishment of the FPM, these references are no longer in effect. This action does not make any substantive changes to the affected rules.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard B. Lowe, (202) 606-1000.
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December 12, 2001 [Proposed rule.]
Debarments and Suspensions of Health Care Providers From the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing to amend its regulations on administrative sanctions of health care providers participating in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP). The proposed regulations implement the suspension and debarment provisions of section 2 of the Federal Employees Health Care Protection Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-266).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Cope, 202-606-2851, FAX 202-606-2153.
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December 11, 2001 [Interim rule and request for comments.]
Pay for Administrative Appeals Judge Positions: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing interim regulations to implement a new pay system for administrative appeals judge positions. The administrative appeals judge pay system was recently authorized to cover positions which are not classifiable above GS-15 and for which the duties primarily involve reviewing decisions of administrative law judges.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeanne Jacobson, (202) 606-2858; FAX: (202) 606-0824; or email: payleave@opm.gov.
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December 11, 2001 [Interim rule and request for comments.]
Reasonable Accomodation Requirements in Vacancy Announcements: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing this interim regulation to require a reasonable accommodation statement in agency vacancy announcements. The intent of this action is to provide language that agencies can use or modify to inform applicants with disabilities that agencies offer reasonable accommodation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Watson (Parts 302, 330, 333, and 335), 202-606-1252,Jacqueline Yeatman (Part 330, subpart G), 202-606-2786; or Marcia Staten (Part 317), 202-606-1832.
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December 6, 2001 [Notice.]
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request for Reclearance of a Revised Information Collection: RI 38-31: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for reclearance of a revised information collection. RI 38-31, We Need More Information About Your Missing Payment, is sent out by the Office of Retirement Programs in response to notification of the loss or non-receipt of payment from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund.
To obtain copies of this proposal, 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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December 6, 2001 [Notice.]
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request for Review of a Revised Information Collection: INV 41, 42, 43 and 44: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for reclearance of revised information collection forms INV 41, 42, 43 and 44. OPM uses these forms to request information when conducting employment investigations.
To obtain copies of this proposal, 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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December 4, 2001 [Notice.]
SES Performance Review Board: Notice is hereby given of the appointment of members of the OPM Performance Review Board. Section 4314(c)(1) through (5) of Title 5, U.S.C., requires each agency to establish, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management, one or more SES performance review boards.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Reinhold, Office of Human Resources and EEO, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20415, (202) 606-1882.
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Created 31 December 2001

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