U.S. Office of Personnel Management - Ensuring the Federal Government has an effective civilian workforce

The Office of Personnel Management is issuing interim regulations on setting pay for employees of temporary organizations established by law or Executive order. These regulations will enable agencies to determine the rate of basic pay and locality payments for employees of temporary organizations.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron Genua, (202) 606-2858.
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The Office of Personnel Management adopted the Nonprocurement Debarment and Suspension Common Rule on May 17, 1993, following the text of the governmentwide rule as published on May 26, 1988 (53 FR 19160). OPM did not adopt subpart F of the common rule, pertaining to requirements for drug-free workplace (grants), because the agency did not issue assistance awards, grants, or other forms of financial or nonfinancial assistance that would be covered by those provisions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J. David Cope, Debarring Official, Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street, NW., Washington, DC 20415, e-mail debar@opm.gov, fax (202) 606-2153.
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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) proposes to revoke the Schedule A excepted service appointing authority for Chinese, Japanese and Hindu interpreters because the conditions justifying the original exception no longer exist. Revocation would bring the positions filled under this Schedule A authority into the competitive service and permit noncompetitive conversion of persons serving under the authority to either competitive or excepted service appointments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina Vay on 202-606-0960 or FAX 202-606-0390.
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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing an interim rule that will define San Joaquin County, California, as a new nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area. San Joaquin County is currently in the Sacramento, California, NAF FWS wage area.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William T. Beacham, (202) 606-2848, FAX: (202) 606-4264, or email wtbeacha@opm.gov.
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This gives notice of positions placed 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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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to submit 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.
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 be sure to include a mailing address with your request.
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The Office of Personnel Management intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget a request for an expiring collection. SF 3102, Designation of Federal Employees Retirement System to designate a beneficiary to receive any lump sum due in the event of his/her death.
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 be sure to include a mailing address with your request.
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The Office of Personnel Management is submitting to the Office of Management and Budget a request for reinstatement of a revised information collection. OPM Online Form 1417, CFC Online Results Report, is used to record Combined Federal Campaign pledges from local Principle Combined Fund Organizations (PCFOs).
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 be sure to include a mailing address with your request.
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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review of an expiring information collection. SF 2809, Employee Health Benefits Election Form, is used by Federal employees, certain separated former Federal employees, and former dependents of Federal employees, to enroll for health insurance coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program.
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 be sure to include a mailing address with your request.
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The Office of Personnel Management intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget a request for review of an expiring collection. SF 2809-1, Annuitant/OWCP Health Benefits Election Form, is used by annuitants of Federal retirement systems other than the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), including the Foreign Service Retirement System and the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP), and certain former dependents of these individuals.
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 be sure to include a mailing address with your request.
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