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October 22, 2004   [Notice]
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Review of a Revised Information Collection: OPM Form of 612, Optional Application for Federal Employment Resume Builder in USAJOBS Web Site and the USAJOBS Web Site

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) intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a revised information collection of the optional form called Optional Application for Federal Employment (OF 612); the specifications of the improved resume builder in the USAJOBS Web site (http://www.USAJOBS.opm.gov); and screen shots of the Web.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 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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October 22, 2004   [Notice]
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request for Review of a Revised Information Collection: Standard Form 2808

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) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review of a revised information collection. SF 2808, Designation of Beneficiary: Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), is used by persons covered by CSRS to designate a beneficiary to receive the lump sum payment due from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund in the event of their death. Approximately 2,000 forms will be completed annually. The form takes approximately 15 minutes to complete. The annual burden is estimated at 500 hours.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 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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October 22, 2004   [Notice]
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request for Review of a Revised Information Collection: RI 94-7

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 to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review of a revised information collection. RI 94-7, Death Benefit Payment Rollover Election for the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), provides FERS surviving spouses and former spouses with the means to elect payment of FERS rollover-eligible benefits directly or to an Individual Retirement Arrangement. Approximately 2,000 RI 94-7 forms will be completed annually. The form takes approximately 60 minutes to complete. The annual burden is 2,000 hours.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 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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October 15, 2004   [Rules and Regulations]
Notification of Post-Employment Restrictions

SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management is issuing interim 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: Jo Ann Perrini by telephone at (202) 606-2858; by FAX at (202) 606-0824; or by e-mail at pay-performance-policy@opm.gov.. Please include a mailing address with your request.
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October 13, 2004   [Notice]
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request for Review of a Revised Information Collection: RI 25-51

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 to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review of a revised information collection. RI 25-51, Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) Survivor Annuitant Express Pay Application for Death Benefits, will be used by the Civil Service Retirement System solely to pay benefits to the widow(er) of an annuitant. This application is intended for use in immediately authorizing payments to an annuitant's widow or widower, based on the report of death, when our records show the decedent elected to provide benefits for the applicant.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 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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October 13, 2004   [Notice]
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request for Review of a Currently Approved Information Collection: RI 98-7

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 to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review of a currently approved information collection. RI 98-7, We Need Important Information About Your Eligibility for Social Security Disability Benefits, is used by OPM to verify receipt of Social Security Administration (SSA) disability benefits, to lessen or avoid overpayment to Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) disability retirees. It notifies the annuitant of the responsibility to notify OPM if SSA benefits begin and the overpayment that will occur with the receipt of both benefits.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 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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October 7, 2004   [Proposed Rules]
Computation of Pay for Biweekly Pay Periods

SUMMARY:The Office of Personnel Management is issuing proposed regulations to implement a statutory amendment that requires the pay of heads of agencies and other designated employees to be calculated and paid on a biweekly basis instead of on a monthly basis. The proposed regulations also prescribe the circumstances under which an agency may calculate the pay of an employee on a biweekly pay period basis whose pay otherwise would be calculated on a monthly or other basis.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald Genua by telephone at (202) 606-2858; by Fax at (202) 606-4264; or by e-mail at pay-performance-policy@opm.gov.
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October 6, 2004   [Rules and Regulations]
Cost-of-Living Allowances (Nonforeign Areas); Methodology Changes

SUMMARY:The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is making technical changes in the methodology used to determine nonforeign area cost-of- living allowances (COLAs). The changes correct minor drafting errors; provide consistent treatment of sale prices; allow the use of non- housing price data collected on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands; correct and clarify the definition of survey areas; and allow a one-time prospective index adjustment for the Caribbean and Alaska areas concurrent with the effective date of any COLA rate changes resulting from the 2004 Pacific COLA surveys. OPM is making these changes in large part as the result of experience gained in recent COLA surveys and upon the recommendation of several groups established to assist us in administering the COLA program.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald L. Paquin, (202) 606-2838; fax:(202) 606-4264; or e-mail: COLA@opm.gov
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October 4, 2004   [Proposed Rules]
Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance; Federal Acquisition Regulation

SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing proposed regulations to amend the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) Acquisition Regulation. The proposed regulations incorporate changes in administrative policy and practices and make clarifying language changes.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Leibach, (202) 606-0004.
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September 30, 2004   [Notices]
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Review of a Revised Information Collection

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) intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review of a revised information collection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Beth Smith-Toomey, (202) 606-8358, e-mail: mbtoomey@opm.gov
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September 23, 2004   [Notices]
Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program: New Option B Premiums

SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is announcing new Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) premiums for the upper age bands of Option B. The premiums will be maintained on the FEGLI Web site at http://www.opm.gov/insure/life.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Leibach, (202) 606-0004.
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September 23, 2004   [Rules and Regulations]
Federal Employees Health Benefits Children's Equity

SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing final regulations to implement the Federal Employees Health Benefits Children's Equity Act of 2000, which was enacted October 30, 2000. This law mandates the enrollment of a Federal employee for self and family coverage in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program, if the employee is subject to a court or administrative order requiring him or her to provide health benefits for his or her child or children and the employee does not provide documentation of compliance with the order.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nataya Battle (202) 606-0004, or e-mail to nataya.battle@opm.gov.
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September 22, 2004   [Proposed Rules]
General Schedule Locality Pay Areas

SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management is issuing proposed regulations on behalf of the President's Pay Agent to link the definitions of General Schedule locality pay area boundaries to the geographic scope of metropolitan area definitions established by the Office of Management and Budget. This proposal makes use of new criteria for evaluating areas adjacent to locality pay areas. The proposed regulations would retain all of the existing locality pay areas, which would be expanded to include a number of additional locations.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allan Hearne, (202) 606-2838; FAX: (202) 606-4264; e-mail: pay-performance-policy@opm.gov.
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September 21, 2004   [Notices]
Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee; Open Committee Meetings

SUMMARY: According to the provisions of section 10 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee will be held on Thursday, October 21, 2004.
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September 21, 2004   [Notices]
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Medically Underserved Areas for 2005

SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has completed its annual determination of the States that qualify as Medically Underserved Areas under the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program for calendar year 2005. This is necessary to comply with a provision of the FEHB law that mandates special consideration for enrollees of certain FEHB plans who receive covered health services in States with critical shortages of primary care physicians. Accordingly, for calendar year 2005, OPM's calculations show that the following states are Medically Underserved Areas under the FEHB Program: Alabama, Alaska, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming. For the 2005 contract year Alaska is being added to the list and Maine, West Virginia, and Utah are being removed.
FOR FUTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ingrid Burford, (202) 606-0004.
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September 17, 2004   [Rules and Regulations]
Premium Pay Limitations

SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management is issuing final regulations concerning the rules governing payment of premium pay and premium pay limitations for Federal employees. The final rule implements a statute that raised the premium pay caps for most employees, permitted the use of an annual cap instead of a biweekly cap in additional circumstances, and made certain other changes.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vicki Draper by phone at (202) 606- 2858; by fax at (202) 606-0824; or by e-mail at pay-performance-policy@opm.gov.
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September 8, 2004   [Notices]
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request for Reclearance of a Revised Information Collection: OPM Forms 1496 and 1496A

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) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for reclearance of a revised information collection. OPM Forms 1496 and 1496A, Application for Deferred Retirement (Separations before October 1, 1956) and Application for Deferred Retirement (Separations on or after October 1, 1956) are used by eligible former Federal employees to apply for a deferred Civil Service annuity. Two forms are needed because there was a major revision in the law effective October 1, 1956; this affects the general information provided with the forms.
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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September 7, 2004   [Notices]
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, October 14, 2004; Thursday, October 28, 2004; Thursday, November 18, 2004.
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