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August 31, 2000 Science and Technology (S&T) Reinvention Laboratory Personnel Demonstration Project, Department of the Army, Aviation Research, Development, and Engineering Center (AVRDEC) and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center (MRDEC): Notice of amendment of the AVRDEC and MRDEC demonstration project plans to merge the two separate demonstrations into one project. The resulting project is designated the S&T Reinvention Laboratory Personnel Demonstration Project at the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center (AMCOM RDEC).
Both demonstration projects were approved on June 27, 1997 and implemented on September 28, 1997. The formation of the Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM), a directed BRAC 95 action, took place on October 11, 1997. This BRAC action placed both demonstration projects under the organizational control of AMCOM. Army planning included the eventual merger of the MRDEC and AVRDEC after several years of operation. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: AVRDEC: Mr. David Knepper, Aviation Research, Development, and Engineering Center, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, ATTN: AMSAM-RD, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama 35898-5000, phone 256-876-1522. MRDEC: Ms. Lana Hargrove, Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, ATTN: AMSAM-RD, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama 35898-5000, phone 256-955-6734.    OPM: Mr. Gary Hacker, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Room 7458, Washington, DC 20415, phone 202-606-2820.   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

August 30, 2000 5 CFR Part 330 -- Positions Restricted to Preference Eligibles: Final rule.
The Office of Personnel Management is issuing final regulations covering competitive service positions that are restricted to preference eligibles. These regulations update the responsibilities of both individual agencies and OPM to provide career transition assistance to preference eligibles who are separated by reduction in force because their positions are contracted out to the private sector under authority of Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas A. Glennon or Jacqueline R. Yeatman, 202-606-0960, FAX 202-606-2329.   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

August 29, 2000 Science and Technology (S&am;T) Reinvention Laboratory Personnel Demonstration Project, Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command Warfare Centers: Notice of amendment of a demonstration project plan to establish a new category of positions designated as Senior Scientific Technical Manager (SSTM).
5 U.S.C. 4703 authorizes OPM to conduct demonstration projects that experiment with new and different personnel management concepts to determine whether such changes in personnel policy or procedures would result in improved Federal personnel management. Public Law 103-337, October 5, 1994, permits the Department of Defense (DoD), with the approval of OPM, to carry out personnel demonstration projects generally similar to the China Lake demonstration project at DoD S&am;T reinvention laboratories. The Warfare Centers commenced implementation of their demonstration project on March 15, 1998. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Warfare Centers: Vicki Warner, NSWC/NUWC Demonstration Project Office, NSWCDD, HR Department, 17320 Dahlgren Road, Dahlgren, VA 22448, phone 540-653-8507. OPM: Joan Jorgenson, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Room 7458, Washington, DC 20415, phone 202-606-1315.   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

August 29, 2000 5 CFR Parts 831 and 842 -- Retirement Eligibility for Nuclear Materials Couriers Under CSRS and FERS: Final rule.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is adopting its interim regulations applicable to nuclear materials couriers employed under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth R. Brown, (202) 606-0299.   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

August 29, 2000 5 CFR Part 330 -- Interagency Career Transition Assistance for Displaced Former Panama Canal Zone Employees: Final rule.
The Office of Personnel Management is issuing final regulations that provide certain displaced employees of the former Panama Canal Zone with interagency priority consideration for vacant competitive service positions in the continental United States. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas A. Glennon or Jacqueline R. Yeatman, 202-606-0960, FAX 202-606-2329.   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

August 23, 2000 Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Reclearance of Information Collection, OPM Form 805 Series: Notice.
OPM will submit a request to the Office of Management and Budget for reclearance of the OPM Form 805, Application to be Listed Under the Voting Rights Act of 1965. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: P. Kaziah Clayton on (202) 606-2531 or email to pkclayto@opm.gov.   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

August 21, 2000 Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee; Open Committee Meetings
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, September 7, 2000
Thursday, September 21, 2000
Thursday, September 28, 2000
The meeting will start at 10 a.m. and will be held in Room 5A06A, Office of Personnel Management Building, 1900 E Street, NW., Washington, DC.   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

August 17, 2000 5 CFR Part 532 -- Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of the Los Angeles, CA, Appropriated Fund Wage Area: Proposed rule with request for comments.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a proposed rule to remove Inyo County, CA, from the Los Angeles, CA, appropriated fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Hopkins at (202) 606-2848; FAX at (202) 606-0824; or email at jdhopkin@opm.gov.   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

August 17, 2000 5 CFR Part 532 -- Prevailing Rate Systems; Abolishment of the Philadelphia, PA, Special Wage Schedule for Printing Positions: Interim rule with request for comments.
The Office of Personnel Management is issuing an interim rule to abolish the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Federal Wage System (FWS) special wage schedule for printing positions. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Hopkins by phone at (202) 606-2848; by FAX at (202) 606-0824; or by email at jdhopkin@opm.gov.   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

August 16, 2000 Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request for a New Customer Satisfaction Survey for the Workforce Compensation and Performance Service Web Pages: Notice
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a request for an emergency clearance to add a customer survey to the Workforce Compensation and Performance Service (WCPS) web pages located on the OPM web site, including the Performance Management Technical Assistance Center, the Compensation Administration pages, the Federal Classification System pages, and the Strategic Compensation page. This survey will allow WCPS to elicit customer feedback, and thus, further improve customer service. For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on (202) 606-8358, or e-mail to mbtoomey@opm.gov.   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

August 16, 2000 Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Review of Reinstated Information Collection: Instructions and Form 1417: Notice.
The Office of Personnel Management has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a request for clearance of a revised information collection. Form 1417, Combined Federal Campaign Annual Reporting. For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on (202) 606-8358, or E-mail to mbtoomey@opm.gov.   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

August 16, 2000 Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request for Review of a New Information Collection: Notice.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Human Resource Development, submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a request for review of a new information collection instrument. In order to determine the success of our Website (http://www.opm.gov/hrd), OPM needs to learn what constituents think about the content of the website and its effectiveness. We're Listening--A Survey of the OHRD Website is designed for this purpose. For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on (202) 606-8358, or mbtoomey@opm.gov.   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

August 16, 2000 5 CFR Part 531 -- Pay Under the General Schedule; Locality-Based Comparability Payments: Proposed rule with request for comments.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing proposed regulations to change the boundaries of two locality pay areas for 2001 by adding the State of Rhode Island to the Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT, locality pay area and Monterey County, CA to the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, locality pay area. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allan Hearne, (202) 606-2838; FAX: (202) 606-4264; EMAIL: payleave@opm.gov.   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

August 11, 2000 Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request for Reinstatement Without Change of an Information Collection: Notice.
The Office of Management and Budget a request for reinstatement without change of an information collection. Standard Form 3112, CSRS/FERS Documentation in Support of Disability Retirement Application, collects information from applicants for disability retirement so that OPM can determine whether to approve a disability retirement. For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on (202) 606-8358, or E-mail to mbtoomey@opm.gov   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

August 09, 2000 5 CFR Part 532 --Prevailing Rate Systems; Miscellaneous Changes to Certain Federal Wage System Wage Areas: Interim rule with request for comments.
The Office of Personnel Management is issuing an interim 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 the White Sands Proving Grounds in the El Paso, TX, and Albuquerque, NM, wage area listings to the White Sands Missile Range; and correcting a typographic error in the wage area listing for the Southern Colorado wage area. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Hopkins, (202) 606-2848; FAX: (202) 606-0824; or email jdhopkin@opm.gov.   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

August 07, 2000 5 CFR Parts 550, 595, and 610 -- Pay Administration; Back Pay; Holidays; and Physicians' Comparability Allowances: Final rule.
The Office of Personnel Management is issuing final regulations to reflect three changes in law that are already effective. The final regulations clarify that back pay awards are subject to a 6-year statute of limitations unless a shorter statute of limitations period applies. They also reflect a change in the designation of holidays for certain Federal employees working overseas. Finally, they reflect an increase the maximum physicians' comparability allowance from $20,000 to $30,000 per year for employees who have served as a Government physician for more than 24 months. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James R. Weddel, (202) 606-2858, FAX: (202) 606-0824, or email: payleave@opm.gov.   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

August 04, 2000 Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request for Reinstatement Without Change of an Information Collection: Reemployment of Annuitants, 5 CFR 837.103: Notice.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a request for reinstatement without change of an information collection. Section 837.103 of Title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, requires agencies to collect information from retirees who become employed in Government positions. For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on (202) 606-8358, or E-mail to mbtoomey@opm.gov   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

August 04, 2000 Excepted Service: Notice.
This 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. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suzy Barker, Director, Staffing Reinvention Office, Employment Service (202) 606-0830.   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

August 04, 2000 Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Review of a Revised Information Collection: Forms RI 20-7 and RI 30-3: Notice.
RI 20-7, Representative Payee Application, is used by the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) to collect information from persons applying to be fiduciaries for annuitants or survivor annuitants who appear to be incapable of handling their own funds or for minor children. RI 30- 3, Information Necessary for a Competency Determination, collects medical information regarding the annuitant's competency for OPM's use in evaluating the annuitant's condition. Comments are particularly invited on: whether this information is necessary for the proper performance of functions of OPM, and whether it will have practical utility; whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection of information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and methodology; and ways in which we can minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, through the use of appropriate technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology. For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on (202) 606-8358, or E-mail to mbtoomey@opm.gov   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

August 04, 2000 Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request for Reinstatement With Change of an Information Collection: SF 2823 : Notice.
SF 2823, Designation of Beneficiary: Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance, is used by any Federal employee or retiree covered by the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program to instruct the Office of Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance how to distribute the proceeds of his or her life insurance when the statutory order of precedence does not meet his or her needs. For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on (202) 606-8358, or E-mail to mbtoomey@opm.gov   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

August 04, 2000 5 CFR Part 330 -- Career Transition Assistance for Surplus and Displaced Federal Employees: Final regulation.
The Office of Personnel Management is issuing final regulations on the current career transition assistance programs. These programs assist Federal employees displaced from their jobs by downsizing. These final regulations address comments submitted on the interim regulations. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacqueline Yeatman on (202) 606-0960, FAX (202) 606-2329, TDD (202) 606-0023, email: jryeatma@opm.gov.   [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]

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