OPM Federal Register Documents -- October 2000

	U. S. Office of Personnel Management
Federal Register Documents October 2000

: October 27, 2000 Prevailing Rate Systems; Miscellaneous Changes in Certain Federal Wage System Wage Areas
Office of Personnel Management is issuing a final rule to add Jefferson County, Washington, as an area of application to the Kitsap, WA, nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area. We are also renaming the Champaign-Urbana, IL, FWS wage area as the Central Illinois FWS wage area; updating the name of White Sands Proving Grounds in the El Paso, TX, and Albuquerque, NM, wage area listings to White Sands Missile Range; and correcting a typographical error in the wage area listing for the Southern Colorado wage area. [Final Rule. : PDF or text]; October 27, 2000 Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program: Miscellaneous Changes and Clarifications and Plain Language Rewrite
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a complete rewrite of the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) regulations. We are changing the format of the regulations and using plain language to make the regulations easier to understand. We are also proposing some miscellaneous changes, clarifications, and corrections, which are spelled out in the Supplementary Information. [Ruling: PDF or text]; October 26, 2000 SES Performance Review Board
Notice is hereby given of the appointment of members of the OPM Performance Review Board. [Notice: PDF or text]; The Office of Personnel Management is withdrawing its proposal to revise the regulations on the appointment, pay, and removal of administrative law judges (published February 23, 1998, 63 FR 8874). The proposal contained several major revisions concerning the administrative law judge program. Because we plan to make additional changes to these regulations, we will publish a revised proposal and invite a new public comment. [Notice: PDF or text]; Notice is hereby given of the appointment of members of the OPM Performance Review Board. [Notice: PDF or text]; CFR Correction: In Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, parts 1 to 699, revised as of January 1, 2000, on page 210, in the second column, the first Sec. 330.702 is removed. [Rules and Regulations: PDF or text]; OPM is publishing notice of its computer matching program with the Social Security Administration (SSA) to meet the reporting and publication requirements of Public Law 100-503. The purpose of the computer match is to establish the conditions under which SSA agrees to the disclosure of tax return information to OPM. [Notice: PDF or text]; This gives notice of positions placed or revoked under Schedules placed under Schedule C in the excepted service, as required by Civil Service Rule VI, Exceptions from the Competitive Service. [Notice: text]; 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 has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a request for clearance of a revised information collection. The model Combined Federal Campaign application and instructions is used to collect information from charitable organizations applying for eligibility.
We estimate 1400 Applications are completed annually. Each form takes approximately 3 hours to complete. The annual estimated burden is 4200 hours. Comments are particularly invited on: Whether this collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of functions of the Office of [Notices: PDF or text]; The Office of Personnel Management is issuing an interim retention regulation that clarifies a released employee's potential right to ``Retreat'' to another position in a reduction in force. This regulation states that an agency determines the potential grade range of a released employee's retreat right solely upon the position held by the employee on the effective date of the reduction in force rather than the grade range of the position to which the employee may have a right to retreat. EFFECTIVE DATES: November 13, 2000. [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]
October 13, 2000 5 CFR Part 430 -- MANAGING SENIOR EXECUTIVE PERFORMANCE: Final rule.: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is amending its regulations governing performance appraisal in the Senior Executive Service (SES). The amended regulations will help agencies hold senior executives accountable by: Reinforcing the link between performance management and strategic planning; requiring agencies to use balanced measures in evaluating executive performance; and giving agencies more flexibility to tailor performance management systems to their unique mission requirements and organizational climates. EFFECTIVE DATES: November 13, 2000. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Kirby, (202) 606-1610, or email to SESmgmt@opm.gov. [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]
October 12, 2000 Excepted Service; Consolidated Listing of Schedules A, B, and C Exceptions: Notice: This gives a consolidated notice of all positions excepted under Schedules A, B, and C as of June 30, 2000, as required by Civil Service Rule VI, Exceptions from the Competitive Service. [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]
October 10, 2000 Excepted Service: Notice.: This gives notice of positions established 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, Acting Director, Washington Service Center, Employment Service (202) 606-1015. [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]
October 4, 2000 Excepted Service: Notice.: This gives notice of positions placed or revoked under Schedules A and B in the excepted service, as required by Civil Service Rule VI, Exceptions from the Competitive Service. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janice Reid, Staffing Policy Division, Employment Service (202) 606-0830. [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]
October 3, 2000 5 CFR Part 591 -- Cost-of-Living Allowances (Nonforeign Areas); Hawaii County, Kauai County, Guam (Commissary/Exchange), Maui County, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands: Interim rule with request for comments.: The Office of Personnel Management is publishing an interim regulation to increase the cost-of-living allowance (COLA) rates paid to certain Federal employees in Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The new rates are the result of the settlement of Caraballo et al. v. United States, Civil No. 1997/27 (D.V.I.). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald L. Paquin, (202) 606-2838; FAX: (202) 606-4264; or email at COLA@opm.gov. [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

Created 1 November 2000

U. S. Office of Personnel Management

Federal Register Documents

October 2000