Office of Personnel Management 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This notice informs the public of the opportunity to provide input on the Human Capital Federal Integrated Business Framework Business Standards (HC-FIBF) and the Human Capital Information Model version 5.2 (HCIM v5.2). The HC-FIBF contains proposed service activities, business capabilities, and service measures for Agency Human Capital Strategy, Policies, and Operation Plan; Employee Accountability; Labor Relations; Human Capital Analytics and Employee Records; Agency Human Capital Evaluation; and Personnel Action Request (PAR) Processing (Human Capital Business Reference Model (HCBRM) Functions A1, A7-A10, and X1), and standard data elements for HCBRM Functions A1, A7-A10. The HCIM v5.2 contains the Registry, Domain Values, and Systems and Forms Mapping products, along with Release Notes that detail the specific updates included in HCIM v5.2. HCIM v5.2 focuses on HCBRM Functions A1 and A7-A10. This input will be used in formulation of business standards for Federal human capital management.

According to the provisions of section 10 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given that a virtual meeting of the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee will be held on Thursday, July 20, 2023. There will be no in-person gathering for this meeting.

This notice identifies Schedule A, B, and C appointing authorities applicable to a single agency that were established, modified or revoked from March 1, 2023 to March 31, 2023.

This notice identifies Schedule A, B, and C appointing authorities applicable to a single agency that were established or revoked from January 1, 2023 to January 31, 2023.

This notice identifies Schedule A, B, and C appointing authorities applicable to a single agency that were established or revoked from November 1, 2022 to November 30, 2022.

This notice identifies Schedule A, B, and C appointing authorities applicable to a single agency that were established or revoked from September 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022.

This notice identifies Schedule A, B, and C appointing authorities applicable to a single agency that were established or revoked from July 1, 2022, to July 31, 2022.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a new information collection request (ICR)-3206-NEW, Retirement Services Help Request Form.

According to the provisions of section 10 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given that a virtual meeting of the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee will be held on Thursday, June 15, 2023. There will be no in-person gathering for this meeting.

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is finalizing amendments to reflect the provisions enacted under the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (``2012 Act'') and the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 (``2013 Act''). These Acts decreased the benefit accrual rate used in the annuity computation and increased employee deductions.

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) proposes to modify a system of records titled ``OPM/Central-11, Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program Records.'' This system of records contains information that OPM collects, maintains, and uses to administer and evaluate the Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program.

Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on an expiring information collection request (ICR), without change, It's Time to Sign Up for Direct Deposit or Direct Express, RI 38-128.

Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on an expiring information collection request (ICR), without change, Information and Instruction on Your Reconsideration Rights, RI 38-47.

Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on an existing information collection request (ICR), without change, Request to Disability Annuitant for Information on Physical Condition and Employment, RI 30-1.

Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on an expiring information collection request (ICR), without change, Report of Medical Examination of Person Electing Survivor Benefits, OPM 1530.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a new information collection request (ICR) 3206-NEW, USA Hire Assessment Satisfaction Survey, Form USAH-1.

The President's Commission on White House Fellowships (PCWHF) was established by an Executive Order in 1964. The PCWHF is an advisory committee composed of Special Government Employees appointed by the President. The Advisory Committee meets in June to interview potential candidates for recommendation to become a White House Fellow.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is providing notice of adjusted present value factors applicable to retirees who elect to provide survivor annuity benefits to a spouse based on post-retirement marriage, and to retiring employees who elect the alternative form of annuity or elect to credit certain service with nonappropriated fund instrumentalities. This notice is necessary to conform the present value factors to changes in the economic and demographic assumptions adopted by the Board of Actuaries of the Civil Service Retirement System.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is providing notice of revised normal cost percentages for employees covered by the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) Act of 1986.

The Civil Service Reform Act, 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 or procedures would result in improved Federal human resources management. On December 21, 2007, OPM published a document in the Federal Register announcing final approval of a demonstration project plan for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), a separately organized agency within the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). This notice constitutes OPM's approval of a modification of NNSA's final project plan to change performance rating levels and a related change to the performance rating level pay shares.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule to redefine the geographic boundaries of the following appropriated fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage areas for pay-setting purposes: Hagerstown-Martinsburg-Chambersburg, MD; Richmond, VA; Roanoke, VA; and Washington, DC. The final rule will redefine the Shenandoah National Park portions of Albemarle, Augusta, Greene, Page, and Rockingham Counties, VA, to the Washington, DC, wage area. This change is based on a recent consensus recommendation of the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee (FPRAC).

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a revised information collection request (ICR) 3206-0278, USA Staffing, Onboarding).

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is revising the interim regulation regarding the restoration of annual leave for employees who are essential to respond to certain national emergencies, such as the National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). This rule extends the latest possible termination date for the exigency established in connection with the COVID-19 national emergency, which would be March 13, 2023, under the current interim regulations. Under this new rule, that date would be the date the national emergency is ended by the President. This rule also provides for special handling of restored annual leave resulting from an agency- specific ongoing exigency that is directly related to a matter that was determined to be a national emergency exigency and that immediately follows that national emergency exigency. Finally, this rule expands an agency's authority to exempt employees from the advance annual leave scheduling requirement in the leave year during which a national emergency exigency is terminated.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is notifying the general public and other Federal agencies that OPM proposes to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve a new information collection request (ICR) titled Personnel Vetting Questionnaire (PVQ). The proposed information collection will streamline multiple existing information collections, as well as the renewal cycle for them, commensurate with on-going efforts to improve personnel vetting processes and the experience of individuals undergoing personnel vetting. OPM is proposing to discontinue the information collections for OMB control numbers 3206-0261, 3206-0258, and 3206-0005 as these information collections will become parts of the new Personnel Vetting Questionnaire information collection and assigned a new OMB control number.

The purpose of the meeting is for the Board to review the actuarial methods and assumptions used in the valuations of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund (CSRDF).