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- August 31, 2006 [Notices]
Excepted Service
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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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- August 28, 2006 [Notices]
Personnel Demonstration Project; Alternative Personnel Management System for the U.S. Department of Commerce
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SUMMARY: Title VI of the Civil Service Reform Act, now codified in 5
U.S.C. 4703, authorizes the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to
conduct demonstration projects that experiment with new and different
human resources management concepts to determine whether changes in
policies and procedures result in improved Federal human resources
management. OPM approved a demonstration project covering several
operating units of the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC). OPM has
authority to implement new legislation affecting demonstration projects
(5 U.S.C. 4703 and 5 CFR 470.101(b) and 470.103). Modifications to the
demonstration project plan also require OPM approval (5 CFR 470.315).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Department of Commerce: Joan
Jorgenson, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue
NW., Room 5004, Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482-4233. Office of
Personnel Management: Jill Rajaee, U.S. Office of Personnel Management,
1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20415, (202) 606-0836.
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- August 25, 2006 [Notices]
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request for Clearance of a Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously Approved Collection for Which Approval Has Expired; Declaration for Federal Employment
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SUMMARY: 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 (OPM) has submitted a request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for reinstatement of an expired information
collection with change. The Optional Form (OF) 306, Declaration for
Federal Employment, is completed by applicants who are under
consideration for Federal or Federal contract employment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on (202) 606-8358, FAX (202) 418-3251 or via E-mail to mbtoomey@opm.gov. Please include a mailing address with your request.
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- August 24, 2006 [Rules and Regulations]
Personnel Management in Agencies--Employee Surveys
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing final
regulations implementing mandatory employee surveys as required by the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004. The
regulations add a new subpart which requires agencies to conduct an
annual survey of their employees. In addition, the final regulations
provide a list of questions that must appear in each agency's employee
survey.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the survey questions, contact Julie Brill by phone on 202-606-5067, by FAX on 202-606-1399, or by e-mail at julie.brill@opm.gov. For all other information, contact Hakeem Basheerud-Deen by phone on 202-606-1434, by FAX on 202-606-2329, or by e-mail at hakeem.basheerud-deen@opm.gov. You may contact Ms. Brill and Mr. Basheerud-Deen by TTY on 202-418-3134.
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- August 17, 2006 [Rules and Regulations]
Locality-Based Comparability Payments and Evacuation Payments; Absence and Leave
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing interim
regulations concerning pay actions for employees affected by a pandemic
health crisis. The interim regulations clarify the rules for
determining an employee's official worksite when he or she teleworks
from an alternative worksite during an emergency situation, such as a
pandemic health crisis. In addition, the interim regulations permit an
agency to provide evacuation payments to an employee who is ordered to
evacuate from his or her regular worksite and directed to work from
home (or an alternative location mutually agreeable to the agency and
the employee) during a pandemic health crisis.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vicki Draper 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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- August 17, 2006 [Rules and Regulations]
Absence and Leave
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing final
regulations concerning the use of sick leave. The final rules remove
the requirement for an employee to maintain a minimum sick leave
balance in his or her sick leave account in order to use the maximum
amount of sick leave provided for family care and bereavement purposes.
These regulations are being issued as part of OPM's effort to
standardize leave policies and provide agencies with guidance on leave
programs available to assist employees in the event of a pandemic
health crisis.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon Dobson 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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- August 11, 2006 [Rules and Regulations]
Excepted Service
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a plain
language rewrite of its regulations regarding the standards that govern
employee responsibilities and conduct as part of a review of certain
OPM regulations. The purpose of the revisions is to make the
regulations more readable.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wade Plunkett, by telephone at 202-606-1700; or by FAX at 202-606-0082 or by e-mail at wmplunke@opm.gov.
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- August 7, 2006 [Notices]
Excepted Service
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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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- August 7, 2006 [Proposed Rules]
Waiver of Requirements for Continued Coverage During Retirement
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SUMMARY: Under current Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program
regulations, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) may waive the
eligibility requirements for health benefits coverage as an annuitant
for an individual when, in its sole discretion, it determines that it
would be against equity and good conscience not to allow a person to be
enrolled in the FEHB Program as an annuitant. The regulations state
that an individual's failure to satisfy eligibility requirements must
be due to exceptional circumstances.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Kaszynski, Policy Analyst, at 202.606.0004.
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- August 7, 2006 [Notices]
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Review of a New Information Collection; OPM Form 1655 and OPM Form 1655-A
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Public
Law 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of
Personnel Management (OPM) intends to submit to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review of a new information
collection. OPM 1655, Application for Senior Administrative Law Judge,
and OPM 1655-A, Geographic Preference Statement for Senior
Administrative Law Judge Applicant, are used by retired Administrative
Law Judges seeking reemployment on a temporary and intermittent basis
to complete hearings of one or more specified case(s) in accordance
with the Administrative Procedures Act of 1946.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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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- August 2, 2006 [Rules and Regulations]
Cost-of-Living Allowances (Nonforeign Areas); COLA Rate Changes
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management is issuing final
regulations to change the cost-of-living allowance rates received by
certain white-collar Federal and U.S. Postal Service employees in
Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and
the U.S. Virgin Islands. The changes are the result of living-cost
surveys conducted in 2002, 2003, and 2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald L. Paquin, (202) 606-2838; fax: (202) 606-4264; or e-mail: COLA@opm.gov.
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- August 1, 2006 [Rules and Regulations]
OPM Employee Responsibilities and Conduct
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a plain
language rewrite of its regulations regarding the standards that govern
OPM employee responsibilities and conduct as part of a review of
certain OPM regulations. The purpose of the revisions is to make the
regulations more readable.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wade Plunkett, by telephone at 202-606-1700; by FAX at 202-606-0082; or by e-mail at wmplunke@opm.gov.
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