SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing
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: OPM is publishing notice of its computer matching program with
the Social Security Administration (SSA) to meet the reporting
requirements of Pub. L. 100-503. The purpose of this match is for SSA
to establish the conditions under which the SSA agrees to disclose tax
return and/or Social Security benefit information to OPM. The SSA
records will be used in redetermining and recomputing the benefits of
certain annuitants and survivors whose computations are based, in part,
on military service performed after December 1956 under the Civil
Service Retirement System (CSRS) and certain annuitants and survivors
whose annuity computation under the Federal Employees Retirement System
(FERS) have a CSRS component.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Sparrow, (202) 606-1803.
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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: Ms. Quasette Crowner, Chief, Executive
Resources Group, Center for Leadership and Executive Resources Policy,
Division for Strategic Human Resources Policy, 202-606-1579.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104-13), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) a request for revision of an expiring information collection
(Fingerprint Charts SF-87 and SF-87A; OMB No. 3206-0150). The
Fingerprint Charts are used in processing fingerprint checks submitted
to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to assist in determining
whether an applicant is suitable for Federal employment or should be
granted a security clearance.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 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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SUMMARY: 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, March 10, 2005, Thursday, March 17, 2005, Thursday, April 7,
2005, Thursday, April 21, 2005.
The meetings 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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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense (DoD) and the Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) are issuing proposed regulations to establish the
National Security Personnel System (NSPS), a human resources management
system for the DoD, as authorized by the National Defense Authorization
Act (Pub. L. 108-136, November 24, 2003). NSPS governs basic pay,
staffing, classification, performance management, labor relations,
adverse actions, and employee appeals. NSPS aligns DoD's human
resources management system with the Department's critical mission
requirements and protects the civil service rights of its employees.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For DoD, Bradley B. Bunn, (703) 696-
4664; for OPM, Ronald P. Sanders, (202) 606-6500.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) seeks comments on its intention to
request an extension of two currently approved information collections.
OPM uses the two collections, a Price Survey and a Background Survey,
to gather data it uses to determine cost-of-living allowances the
Government provides to certain Federal employees in Alaska, Hawaii,
Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin
Islands. OPM conducts Price Surveys in the Washington, DC, area on an
annual basis and once every 3 years in each allowance area on a
rotating basis. Prior to these surveys, OPM conducts Background Surveys
that are similar to the Price Survey, but much more limited in scope.
OPM uses the results of the Background Surveys to prepare for the Price
Surveys.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on
(202) 606-8358, fax (202) 418-3251, or e-mail mbtoomey@opm.gov. Please
include a mailing address with your request.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS or the Department)
and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) are issuing final
regulations to establish a new human resources management system within
DHS, as authorized by the Homeland Security Act of 2002. The affected
subsystems include those governing basic pay, classification,
performance management, labor relations, adverse actions, and employee
appeals. These changes are designed to ensure that the Department's
human resources management system aligns with its critical mission
requirements without compromising the statutorily protected civil
service rights of its employees.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: At OPM: Ronald P. Sanders, 202-606-
9150; at DHS: Kay Frances Dolan, 202-357-8200
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