Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request for Extension of a Revised Information Collection: Nonforeign Area Cost-of-Living Allowance Price and Background Surveys, 29809 [05-10272]
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8358, FAX (202) 418–3251 or via email
to MaryBeth.Smith-Toomey@opm.gov.
Please include a mailing address with
your request.
DATES: Comments on this proposal
should be received within 60 calendar
days from the date of this publication.
ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments
to—Pamela S. Israel, Chief, Operations
Support Group, Retirement Services
Program, U.S. Office of Personnel
Management, 1900 E Street, NW., Room
3349, Washington, DC 20415–3540.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cyrus S. Benson, Team Leader,
Publications Team, RIS Support
Services/Support Group, (202) 606–
0623.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Dan G. Blair,
Acting Director.
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request for Extension of a
Revised Information Collection:
Nonforeign Area Cost-of-Living
Allowance Price and Background
Surveys
Office of Personnel
Management.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget a request for
extension of two previously-approved
information collections for which
approval will soon expire. OPM uses the
two information collections, a price
survey and a background survey, to
gather data to be used in determining
nonforeign area cost-of-living
allowances (COLAs) paid to certain
Federal employees in Alaska, Hawaii,
Guam and the Northern Mariana
Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin
Islands. OPM conducts Price Surveys in
the Washington, DC, area on an annual
basis and once every 3 years in each
allowance area on a rotating basis. Prior
to these surveys, OPM conducts
Background Surveys that are similar to
the Price Surveys, but much more
limited in scope. OPM uses the results
of the Background Surveys to prepare
for the Price Surveys.
The COLA Price Survey is necessary
for collecting living-cost data used to
determine COLAs. OPM uses the Price
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Survey results to compare prices in the
allowance areas with prices in the
Washington, DC, area and to derive
COLA rates where local living costs
significantly exceed those in the DC
area. The COLA Background Survey is
necessary to determine the continued
appropriateness of items, services, and
businesses selected for the annual price
surveys. OPM uses the Background
Survey results to identify items to be
priced and the outlets at which OPM
will price the items in the Price
Surveys.
OPM will survey selected retail,
service, realty, and other businesses and
local governments in the allowance
areas and in the Washington, DC, area.
OPM will contact approximately 2,000
establishments in each annual Price
Survey and approximately 100
establishments in each annual
Background Survey. Participation in the
surveys is voluntary.
OPM estimates that the average price
survey interview will take
approximately 6 minutes, for a total
burden of 200 hours. The average
background survey interview will take
approximately 6.5 minutes, for a total
burden of 11 hours.
For copies of this proposal, please
contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey at
(202) 606–8358; fax: (202) 418–3251; or
E-mail: mbtoomey@opm.gov.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
June 23, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Comments: Send or deliver
comments to:
• Donald J. Winstead, Deputy
Associate Director for Pay and
Performance Policy, Office of Personnel
Management, Room 7H31, 1900 E
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20415–
8200; fax: (202) 606–4264, or e-mail:
cola@opm.gov.; and
• Brenda Aguilar, OPM Desk Officer,
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, New Executive Office Building,
NW., Room 10235, Washington, DC
20503.
Kurt
M. Springmann, (202) 606–2838.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OPM
published notice of its intention to
request an extension of the price and
background surveys in the Federal
Register on February 1, 2005 (70 FR
5258). OPM received no comments.
Office of Personnel Management.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dan G. Blair,
Acting Director.
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
Comment Request for Review of an
Expiring Information Collection:
Establishment Information Form, Wage
Data Collection Form, Wage Data
Collection Continuation Form DD 1918,
DD 1919, and DD 1919C
Office of Personnel
Management.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13,
May 22, 1995), the Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) seeks comments on
its intention to request Office of
Management and Budget clearance of
three currently approved information
collection forms. The Establishment
Information Form, the Wage Data
Collection Form, and the Wage Data
Collection Continuation Form are wage
survey forms developed by OPM for use
by the Department of Defense to
establish prevailing wage rates for
Federal Wage System employees.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
July 25, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments
to Donald J. Winstead, Deputy Associate
Director for Pay and Performance
Policy, Office of Personnel Management,
Room 7H31, 1900 E Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20415–8200; fax (202)
606–4264; or e-mail pay-performancepolicy@opm.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Madeline Gonzalez, (202) 606–2838; fax
(202) 606–4264; or e-mail payperformance-policy@opm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Defense contacts
approximately 21,200 businesses
annually to determine the level of wages
paid by private enterprise
establishments for representative jobs
common to both private industry and
the Federal Government. Each survey
collection requires 1–4 hours of
respondent burden, resulting in a total
yearly burden of approximately 75,800
hours.
Comments are particularly invited on
whether (1) this information is
necessary for the proper performance of
OPM functions, (2) it will have practical
utility, (3) our estimate of the public
burden of this collection of information
is accurate and based on valid
assumptions and methodology, and (4)
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.
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request for Extension of a
Revised Information Collection: Nonforeign Area Cost-of-Living
Allowance Price and Background Surveys
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget a request for extension of two previously-
approved information collections for which approval will soon expire.
OPM uses the two information collections, a price survey and a
background survey, to gather data to be used in determining nonforeign
area cost-of-living allowances (COLAs) paid to certain Federal
employees in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands,
Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. OPM conducts Price Surveys in
the Washington, DC, area on an annual basis and once every 3 years in
each allowance area on a rotating basis. Prior to these surveys, OPM
conducts Background Surveys that are similar to the Price Surveys, but
much more limited in scope. OPM uses the results of the Background
Surveys to prepare for the Price Surveys.
The COLA Price Survey is necessary for collecting living-cost data
used to determine COLAs. OPM uses the Price Survey results to compare
prices in the allowance areas with prices in the Washington, DC, area
and to derive COLA rates where local living costs significantly exceed
those in the DC area. The COLA Background Survey is necessary to
determine the continued appropriateness of items, services, and
businesses selected for the annual price surveys. OPM uses the
Background Survey results to identify items to be priced and the
outlets at which OPM will price the items in the Price Surveys.
OPM will survey selected retail, service, realty, and other
businesses and local governments in the allowance areas and in the
Washington, DC, area. OPM will contact approximately 2,000
establishments in each annual Price Survey and approximately 100
establishments in each annual Background Survey. Participation in the
surveys is voluntary.
OPM estimates that the average price survey interview will take
approximately 6 minutes, for a total burden of 200 hours. The average
background survey interview will take approximately 6.5 minutes, for a
total burden of 11 hours.
For copies of this proposal, please contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey
at (202) 606-8358; fax: (202) 418-3251; or E-mail: mbtoomey@opm.gov.
DATES: Submit comments on or before June 23, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Comments: Send or deliver comments to:
Donald J. Winstead, Deputy Associate Director for Pay and
Performance Policy, Office of Personnel Management, Room 7H31, 1900 E
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20415-8200; fax: (202) 606-4264, or e-mail:
cola@opm.gov.; and
Brenda Aguilar, OPM Desk Officer, Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive
Office Building, NW., Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kurt M. Springmann, (202) 606-2838.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OPM published notice of its intention to
request an extension of the price and background surveys in the Federal
Register on February 1, 2005 (70 FR 5258). OPM received no comments.
Office of Personnel Management.
Dan G. Blair,
Acting Director.
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