SUMMARY: On January 25, 2006, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued proposed rules regarding the reporting and best practices requirements of Title II of the No FEAR Act (71 FR 4053). The proposed rule contained a 60-day comment period. In response to requests by the No Fear Coalition and Members of Congress to extend the comment period, OPM has reopened the initial comment period until May 1, 2006.
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: 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: David Guilford, Center for Leadership and Executive Resources Policy, Division for Strategic Human Resources Policy, 202-606-1391.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management is issuing final regulations requiring agencies to notify members of the Senior Executive Service (SES) and other employees in senior positions of certain post-employment conflict-of-interest restrictions. Agencies must provide written notification to affected employees of the new salary-based threshold for determining the applicability of the post- employment conflict-of-interest restrictions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda Roberts by telephone at (202) 606-2858; by FAX at (202) 606-0824; or by e-mail at pay-performance-policy@opm.gov.
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SUMMARY: As required by section 3132 (b)(4) of title 5, United States Code, this gives notice of all positions in the Senior Executive Service (SES) that were career reserved during 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Quasette Crowner, Center for Leadership and Executive Resources Policy, (202) 606-8046.
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SUMMARY: TProposed Rule document 06-2081 was inadvertently published in the Rules and Regulations section in the issue of Tuesday, March 7, 2006, appearing on page 11287. It should have appeared in the Proposed Rules section.
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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: David Guilford, Center for Leadership and Executive Resources Policy, Division for Strategic Human Resources Policy, 202-606-1391.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a proposed rule to amend the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) regulations regarding discontinuance of a health plan to include situations in which a health plan becomes incapacitated, either temporarily or permanently, as the result of a disaster.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Leibach; first dial (1-888) 801- 7210; at the prompt, enter (202) 606-1461.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing proposed regulations to provide agencies with the authority to increase the rates of basic pay of certain members of the Senior Executive Service (SES) whose pay was set before the agency's senior executive performance appraisal system was certified for the calendar year involved. The proposed regulations would allow an agency to review the rate of basic pay of these SES members and provide an additional pay increase, if warranted, up to the rate for level II of the Executive Schedule upon certification of the agency's senior executive performance appraisal system for the current calendar year.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo Ann Perrini by telephone at (202) 606-2858; by FAX at (202) 606-0824; or by e-mail at Brenda Roberts by telephone at (202) 606-2858; by FAX at (202) 606-0824; or by e-mail at ; or FAX: (202) 606-4264.
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