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SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
seeks comments on its intention to
request an extension of two currently
approved information collections. OPM
uses the two collections, a Price Survey
and a Background Survey, to gather data
it uses to determine cost-of-living
allowances the Government provides 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 Survey, but much
more limited in scope. OPM uses the
results of the Background Surveys to
prepare for the Price Surveys.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
July 1, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments
to Charles D. Grimes III, Deputy
Associate Director for Performance and
Pay Systems, Strategic Human
Resources Policy Division, U.S. Office of
Personnel Management, Room 7300B,
1900 E Street, NW., Washington, DC
20415–8200; fax: (202) 606–4264; or email: COLA@opm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
5941 of title 5, United States Code,
authorizes Federal agencies to pay costof-living allowances (COLAs) to whitecollar Federal and U.S. Postal Service
employees stationed in Alaska, Hawaii,
Guam and the Northern Mariana
Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin
Islands. Executive Order 10000, as
amended, delegates to the Office of
Personnel Management (OPM) the
authority to administer nonforeign area
COLAs and prescribes certain
operational features of the program.
OPM conducts Nonforeign Area Cost-ofLiving Allowance Price Surveys and
Background Surveys in each allowance
area and in the Washington, DC, area to
determine whether, and to what degree,
COLA area living costs are higher than
those in the DC area.
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval of the Nonforeign Area
Cost-of-Living Allowance Price Survey
and Background Survey will expire on
August 31, 2008. The Office of
Personnel Management (OPM) plans to
request OMB approval for a 3-year
extension of these currently approved
information collections and is seeking
comments prior to submitting the
collections to OMB for review.
Comments are particularly invited on
whether: (1) These collections of
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information are necessary for the proper
performance of OPM functions, (2) they
will have practical utility, (3) our
estimate of the public burden of these
collections of information is accurate
and based on valid assumptions and
methodology, and (4) there are ways in
which we can minimize respondent
burden of the collections of information
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, fax (202) 418–3251, or e-mail
mbtoomey@opm.gov. Please include a
mailing address with your request.
Overview of Information Collections
Title: Nonforeign Area Cost-of-Living
Allowance Price Survey and
Background Survey.
OMB Control Number: 3206–0199.
Summary: OPM uses the COLA Price
Survey to collect price data in survey
areas located in the nonforeign
allowance areas and in the Washington,
DC, area. The allowance areas are
located in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and
the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto
Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. OPM
conducts Price Surveys annually in the
DC area and once every 3 years in the
allowance areas on a rotating basis.
OPM uses the COLA Background
Survey to collect information to identify
the services, items, quantities, outlets,
and locations OPM will survey in the
Price Surveys. OPM also uses
Background Surveys to collect
information on local trade practices,
consumer buying patterns, taxes and
fees, and other economic characteristics
related to living costs. OPM conducts
Background Surveys annually on a
limited basis.
Need/Use for Surveys: The COLA
Price Survey is necessary for collecting
living-cost data OPM uses to determine
COLAs received by General Schedule,
U.S. Postal Service, and certain other
Federal employees in the allowance
areas. OPM uses the 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
information collected under the
Background Survey to identify items to
be priced and the outlets at which OPM
will price the items in the Price
Surveys.
Respondents: OPM will survey
selected retail, service, realty, and other
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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.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Based on experience, OPM estimates
that the average Price Survey interview
takes approximately 6 minutes, for a
total burden of 200 hours. Also based on
experience, OPM estimates that the
average Background Survey interview
will take approximately 6.5 minutes, for
a total burden of 11 hours.
Office of Personnel Management.
Howard Weizmann,
Deputy 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
U.S. Office of Personnel
Management.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–
13, May 22, 1995), the U.S. 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.
Submit comments on or before
July 1, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments
to Charles D. Grimes III, Deputy
Associate Director for Performance and
Pay Systems, Strategic Human
Resources Policy Division, U.S. Office of
Personnel Management, Room 7H31,
1900 E Street, NW., Washington, DC
20415–8200; e-mail pay-performancepolicy@opm.gov; or FAX: (202) 606–
4264.
DATES:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Madeline Gonzalez, (202) 606–2838; email pay-performance-policy@opm.gov;
or FAX: (202) 606–4264.
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
(1) Whether this information is
necessary for the proper performance of
OPM functions, (2) whether it will have
practical utility, (3) whether 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.
For copies of this proposal, contact
Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on (202) 606–
8358; e-mail MaryBeth.SmithToomey@opm.gov; or fax (202) 418–
3251. Please include a mailing address
with your request.
Office of Personnel Management.
Howard Weizmann,
Deputy Director.
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Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Upon written request, copies available
from: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Investor
Education and Advocacy, Washington,
DC 20549.
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Extension: Investor Form, SEC File No. 270–
485, OMB Control No. 3235–0547.
Notice is hereby given pursuant to the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) that the Securities
and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments
on the collection of information
summarized below. The Commission
plans to submit this existing collection
of information to the Office of
Management and Budget for extension
and approval.
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In both 2006 and 2007, the
Commission received over a million
contacts from investors who have
complaints or questions on a wide range
of investment-related issues. These
contacts generally fall into the following
three categories:
(a) Complaints against Commissionregulated individuals or entities;
(b) questions concerning the federal
securities laws, companies or firms that
the Commission regulates, or other
investment-related questions; and
(c) tips concerning potential
violations of the federal securities laws.
Investors who submit complaints, ask
questions, or provide tips do so
voluntarily. To make it easier for the
public to contact the agency
electronically, the Commission created a
series of investor complaint and
question Web forms. Investors can
access these forms through the SEC
Center for Complaints and Enforcement
Tips at https://www.sec.gov/
complaint.shtml. The Commission is
now going to consolidate those forms
into one form (the Investor Form) which
will ask for the same information, but
also provide several drop down options
to choose from in order to categorize the
investor’s complaint, and possibly
provide the investor with information
about that issue. The investor will have
the same opportunity to describe their
complaint, and they will be free to
submit it without their name or contact
information.
Although the Investor Form provides
a structured format for incoming
investor correspondence, the
Commission does not require that
investors use any particular form or
format when contacting the agency. To
the contrary, investors may submit
complaints, questions, and tips through
a variety of other means, including
telephone, letter, facsimile, or e-mail.
Approximately 20,000 investors each
year voluntarily choose to use the
complaint and question forms.
Investors who choose not to use the
Investor Form receive the same level of
service as those who do. The dual
purpose of the form is to make it easier
for the public to contact the agency with
complaints, questions, tips, or other
feedback and to streamline the
workflow of the Commission staff who
handle those contacts.
The Commission has used—and will
continue to use—the information that
investors supply on the complaint and
question forms, and the Investor Form
to review and process the contact
(which may, in turn, involve responding
to questions, processing complaints, or,
as appropriate, initiating enforcement
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investigations), to maintain a record of
contacts, to track the volume of investor
complaints, and to analyze trends.
As with the previous forms, the
Investor Form will ask investors to
provide information concerning, among
other things, their names, how they can
be reached, the names of the individuals
or entities involved, the nature of their
complaint or tip, what documents they
can provide, and what, if any, actions
they have taken.
Use of the Investor Form is strictly
voluntary. Moreover, the Commission
does not require investors to submit
complaints, questions, tips, or other
feedback. Absent the forms, the public
still has several ways to contact the
agency, including telephone, facsimile,
letters, and e-mail. Nevertheless, the
Commission created these forms to
make it easier for the public to contact
the agency with complaints, questions,
or tips. The forms further streamline the
workflow of Commission staff who
record, process, and respond to investor
contacts.
The staff of the Commission estimates
that the total reporting burden for using
the complaint and question forms is
5,000 hours. The calculation of this
estimate depends on the number of
investors who use the forms each year
and the estimated time it takes to
complete the forms: 20,000 respondents
× 15 minutes = 5,000 burden hours.
Written comments are invited on: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the collection of
information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including
through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology. Consideration will be given
to comments and suggestions submitted
in writing within 60 days of this
publication.
Please direct your written comments
to R. Corey Booth, Director/Chief
Information Officer, Securities and
Exchange Commission, C/O Shirley
Martinson, 6432 General Green Way,
Alexandria, VA 22312; or send an email to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov.
Dated: April 28, 2008.
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
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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
AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-13,
May 22, 1995), the U.S. 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 1, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to Charles D. Grimes III, Deputy
Associate Director for Performance and Pay Systems, Strategic Human
Resources Policy Division, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Room
7H31, 1900 E Street, NW., Washington, DC 20415-8200; e-mail pay-
performance-policy@opm.gov; or FAX: (202) 606-4264.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madeline Gonzalez, (202) 606-2838; e-
mail pay-performance-policy@opm.gov; or FAX: (202) 606-4264.
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 (1) Whether this information
is necessary for the proper performance of OPM functions, (2) whether
it will have practical utility, (3) whether 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.
For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on
(202) 606-8358; e-mail MaryBeth.Smith-Toomey@opm.gov; or fax (202) 418-
3251. Please include a mailing address with your request.
Office of Personnel Management.
Howard Weizmann,
Deputy Director.
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