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U. S. Office of Personnel Management
FEDERAL REGISTER DOCUMENTS
August 1998
August 31, 1998: Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Effective Dates; Proposed Rule
- The Office of Personnel Management is issuing proposed
regulations to change the existing Federal Employees Health Benefits
(FEHB) Program regulations concerning the effective date for new
enrollments made by employees during the annual open season. These
regulations would also change the effective date of open season changes
in enrollment made by employees, annuitants, former spouses and
individuals enrolled under the temporary continuation of coverage (TCC)
provisions of FEHB law. Further information may be obtained from Jay D. Fritz at <jayfritz@opm.gov>. [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]
August 28, 1998: Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Contributions and Withholdings; Interim Regulations
- The Office of Personnel Management is issuing interim
regulations to describe procedures for OPM's annual determination of
the weighted average of subscription charges in effect for self only
and for self and family enrollments under the Federal Employees Health
Benefits (FEHB) Program. The determinations are a requirement under
recent amendments to the FEHB law which authorize a new Government
contribution toward FEHB enrollment charges effective with the contract
year beginning in January 1999, which generally pays 72 percent of the
weighted average of subscription charges. Further information may be obtained from Bonnie R. Rose at <brrose@opm.gov>. [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]
August 27, 1998:
Privacy Act of 1974; Publication of a Proposed New Routine Use
- Proposes to add a new routine use to OPM's Central System of Records,
OPM/Central-1, Civil Service Retirement and Insurance Records. Further information may be obtained from Mary Beth Smith-Toomey at <mbtoomey@opm.gov>. [Federal Register Notice: PDF or text]
August 27, 1998:
Excepted Service; Notice
- Gives notice of positions placed or revoked under
Schedules A and B, and placed under Schedule C in the excepted service, during July 1998, as required by Civil Service Rule VI, Exceptions from the Competitive
Service. Further information may be obtained from Patricia H. Paige at <phpaige@opm.gov>. [Federal Register Notice: PDF or text]
August 27, 1998, 1998: The National Partnership Council; Notice of Meeting
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A meeting of the National Partnership Council will be held on September 9, 1998, in Washington, DC. The winners of the 1998 John N. Sturdivant National
Partnership Award will be announced; and the winners will receive their
awards. Further information may be obtained from Rose M. Gwin at <rmgwin@opm.gov>. [Federal Register Notice: PDF or text]
August 20, 1998: Submission For OMB Review; Comment Request for Review of a
Revised Information Collection: Form RI 92-19
- Announces that the Office of
Personnel Management has submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget a request for review of a revised information collection. RI
92-19, Application for Deferred or Postponed Retirement: Federal
Employees Retirement System (FERS), is used by separated employees to
apply for either a deferred or a postponed FERS annuity benefit. To obtain copies of this proposal please contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey at <mbtoomey@opm.gov>. [Federal Register Notice: PDF or text]
August 19, 1998: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Review of a Revised
Information Collection; Presidential Management Intern Program
Application
- 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
Office of Personnel Management is requesting OMB to authorize
collection of information associated with the
Presidential Management Intern Program Application. To obtain copies of this proposal please contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey at <mbtoomey@opm.gov>. [Federal Register Notice: PDF or text]
August 18, 1998: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request for Review of a
Revised Information Collection: Standard Forms 2803 and 3108
- Announces that the Office of
Personnel Management has submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget a request for review of a revised information collection. SF
2803, Application to Make Deposit or Redeposit (CSRS), and SF 3108,
Application to Make Service Credit Payment for Civilian Service (FERS),
are applications to make payment used by persons who are eligible to
pay for Federal service which was not subject to retirement deductions
and/or for Federal service which was subject to retirement deductions
which were subsequently refunded to the applicant. To obtain copies of this proposal please contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey at <mbtoomey@opm.gov>. [Federal Register Notice: PDF or text]
August 14, 1998: Reduction in Force Service Credit; Retention Records
- The Office of Personnel Management is proposing
regulations that cover service credit for retention purposes. These
proposed regulations also cover access to retention records by
employees and their representatives. Further information may be obtained from Thomas A. Glennon at <taglenno@opm.gov> or Jacqui R. Yeatman at <jryeatma@opm.gov>. [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]
August 13, 1998: Family and Medical Leave; Proposed Rule
- The Office of Personnel Management is issuing proposed
regulations on the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to ensure that
both employees' and agencies' rights are protected and their
responsibilities fulfilled. Further information may be obtained from Jo Ann Perrini at <payleave@opm.gov>. [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]
August 10, 1998: Prohibition of "Gag Clauses" in the Federal Employees Health
Benefits Program; Final Rule
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The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a final
regulation amending the Federal Employees Health Benefits Acquisition
Regulations (FEHBAR) to prohibit health benefit carriers participating
in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program from entering
into contracts or employment agreements with health care providers,
provider groups, or health care workers that would include provisions
or financial incentives that have the effect of limiting or restricting
communication of medically necessary services to FEHB enrollees. Further information may be obtained from Michael W. Kaszynski at <mwkaszyn@opm.gov>. [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]
August 4, 1998: Federal Employment Priority Consideration Program for Displaced
Employees of the District of Columbia Department of Corrections; Interim Regulations
- The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing interim
regulations to implement a provision of recent law which requires the
establishment of a priority consideration program to facilitate
employment placement in Federal positions (other than Federal Bureau of
Prisons positions) for employees of the District of Columbia Department
of Corrections who are scheduled to be separated from service as a
result of the closure of certain prison facilities. Further information may be obtained from Tim Firlie at <tjfirlie@opm.gov>, Ed McHugh at <epmchugh@opm.gov>, or C.C.
Christakos at <chchrist@opm.gov>. [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]
August 4, 1998: Excepted Service; Notice
- Gives notice of positions placed or revoked under
Schedules A and B, and placed under Schedule C in the excepted service,
as required by Civil Service Rule VI, Exceptions from the Competitive
Service, during June 1998. Further information may be obtained from Patricia H. Paige at <phpaige@opm.gov>. [Federal Register Notice: PDF or text]
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