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use of appropriate technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Approximately 200 RI 20–80 forms
are completed annually. The form takes
approximately 20 minutes to complete.
The annual estimated burden is 67
hours.
For copies of this proposal, contact
Margaret A. Miller by telephone at (202)
606–2699, by FAX (202) 418–3251, or
by e-mail to Margaret.Miller@opm.gov.
Please include a mailing address with
your request.
Comments on this proposal
should be received within 60 calendar
days of the date of this publication.
DATES:
Send or deliver comments
to Ronald W. Melton, Deputy Assistant
Director, Retirement Services Program,
U.S. Office of Personnel Management,
1900 E Street, NW., Room 3305,
Washington, DC 20415–3500.
For Information Regarding
Administrative Coordination Contact:
Cyrus S. Benson, Team Leader,
Publications Team, RIS Support
Services/Support Group, U.S. Office of
Personnel Management, 1900 E Street,
NW.,—Room 4H28, Washington, DC
20415, (202) 606–0623.
ADDRESSES:
U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Howard Weizmann,
Deputy Director.
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Proposed Data Collection(s) Available
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
requirement of section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
which provides opportunity for public
comment on new or revised data
collections, the Railroad Retirement
Board (RRB) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed data collections.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed information collections are
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information has practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the RRB’s
estimate of the burden of the collection
of the information; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden related to
the collection of information on
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
1. Title and Purpose of Information
Collection
Railroad Unemployment Insurance
Act Applications; OMB 3220–0039.
Under Section 2 of the Railroad
Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA),
sickness benefits are payable to
qualified railroad employees who are
unable to work because of illness or
injury. In addition, sickness benefits are
payable to qualified female employees if
they are unable to work, or if working
would be injurious, because of
pregnancy, miscarriage or childbirth.
Under Section 1(k) of the RUIA, a
statement of sickness with respect to
days of sickness of an employee is to be
filed with the RRB within a 10-day
period from the first day claimed as a
day of sickness. The RRB’s authority for
requesting supplemental medical
information is Section 12(i) and 12(n) of
the RUIA. The procedures for claiming
sickness benefits and for the RRB to
obtain supplemental medical
information needed to determine a
claimant’s eligibility for such benefits
are prescribed in 20 CFR Part 335. The
forms currently used by the RRB to
obtain information needed to determine
eligibility for and the amount of
sickness benefits due a claimant
follows: Form SI–1a, Application for
Sickness Benefits; Form SI–1b,
Statement of Sickness; Form SI–3, Claim
for Sickness Benefits; Form SI–7,
Supplemental Doctor’s Statement; Form
SI–8, Verification of Medical
Information; Form ID–7h, NonEntitlement to Sickness Benefits and
Information on Unemployment Benefits;
Form ID–11a, Requesting Reason for
Late Filing of Sickness Benefit and ID–
11b, Notice of Insufficient Medical and
Late Filing. Completion is required to
obtain or retain benefits. One response
is requested of each respondent.
Consistent with requirements of the
Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA), the RRB
proposes revisions to Form SI–1b, SI–7,
and SI–8 to replace the term ‘‘Tax
Identification Number’’ with ‘‘National
Provider Identifier’’. No other changes
are proposed.
The estimated annual respondent
burden is as follows:
ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN
Annual
responses
Time (min)
SI–1a ..............................................................................................................................................................
SI–1b (Doctor) ...............................................................................................................................................
SI–3 ................................................................................................................................................................
SI–7 ................................................................................................................................................................
SI–8 ................................................................................................................................................................
ID–7H .............................................................................................................................................................
ID–11A ...........................................................................................................................................................
ID–11B ...........................................................................................................................................................
22,200
22,200
145,000
22,600
50
50
800
1,000
10
8
5
8
5
5
4
4
3,700
2,960
12,083
3,013
4
4
53
67
Total ........................................................................................................................................................
213,900
..................
21,884
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2. Title and purpose of information
collection
Annual Earnings Questionnaire for
Annuitants in Last Pre-Retirement NonRailroad Employment; OMB 3220–0179
Under section 2(e)(3) of the Railroad
Retirement Act (RRA), an annuity is not
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payable for any month in which a
beneficiary works for a railroad. In
addition, an annuity is reduced for any
month in which the beneficiary works
for an employer other than a railroad
employer and earns more than a
prescribed amount. Under the 1988
amendments to the RRA, the Tier II
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portion of the regular annuity and any
supplemental annuity must be reduced
by one dollar for each two dollars of
Last Pre-Retirement Non-Railroad
Employment (LPE) earnings for each
month of such service. However, the
reduction cannot exceed fifty percent of
the Tier II and supplemental annuity
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amount for the month to which such
deductions apply. LPE generally refers
to an annuitant’s last employment with
a non-railroad person, company, or
institution prior to retirement which
was performed whether at the same time
of, or after an annuitant stopped railroad
employment. The collection obtains
earnings information needed by the RRB
to determine if possible reductions in
annuities because of Last Pre-Retirement
Non-Railroad Employment Earnings
(LPE) are in order. The RRB utilizes
Form G–19L to obtain LPE earnings
information from annuitants.
Companion Form G–19L.1, which
serves as an instruction sheet and
contains the Paperwork Reduction/
Privacy Act Notice for the collection
accompanies each Form G–19L sent to
an annuitant. One response is requested
of each respondent. Completion is
required to retain a benefit. The RRB
proposes the addition of a subitem
requesting that an annuitant provide an
Employer’s Identification Number (EIN).
Non-burden impacting editorial and
reformatting changes are also proposed.
The estimated annual respondent
burden is as follows:
Annual
responses
Time (min)
G–19L ............................................................................................................................................................
300
15
75
Total ........................................................................................................................................................
300
..................
75
Form #(s)
Additional Information or Comments:
To request more information regarding
either of the information collections
listed above or to obtain copies of the
information collection justifications,
forms, and/or supporting material,
please call the RRB Clearance Officer at
(312) 751–3363 or send an e-mail
request to Charles.Mierzwa@RRB.GOV.
Comments regarding the information
collections should be addressed to
Ronald J. Hodapp, Railroad Retirement
Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago,
Illinois 60611–2092 or via an e-mail to
Ronald.Hodapp@RRB.GOV. Written
comments should be received within 60
days of this notice.
Charles Mierzwa,
Clearance Officer.
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Sunshine Act Meeting
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to
the provisions of the Government in the
Sunshine Act, Public Law 94–409, that
the Securities and Exchange
Commission will hold a Closed Meeting
on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at 10
a.m.
Commissioners, Counsel to the
Commissioners, the Secretary to the
Commission, and recording secretaries
will attend the Closed Meeting. Certain
staff members who have an interest in
the matters also may be present.
The General Counsel of the
Commission, or his designee, has
certified that, in his opinion, one or
more of the exemptions set forth in 5
U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (5), (7), 9(B) and (10)
and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(3), (5), (7), 9(ii)
and (10), permit consideration of the
scheduled matters at the Closed
Meeting.
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Commissioner Paredes, as duty
officer, voted to consider the items
listed for the Closed Meeting in closed
session, and determined that no earlier
notice was possible.
The subject matter of the Closed
Meeting scheduled for Tuesday,
September 23, 2008 will be:
Formal orders of investigation;
Institution and settlement of injunctive
actions;
Institution and settlement of administrative
proceedings of an enforcement nature; and
Other matters relating to enforcement
proceedings.
At times, changes in Commission
priorities require alterations in the
scheduling of meeting items.
For further information and to
ascertain what, if any, matters have been
added, deleted or postponed, please
contact:
The Office of the Secretary at (202)
551–5400.
Dated: September 17, 2008.
Florence E. Harmon,
Acting Secretary.
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Burden
(hrs)
U.S.C. 552b(c)(8) and (9) and 17 CFR
200.402(a)(8) and (9), permit
consideration of the scheduled matter at
the Closed Meeting.
Commissioner Paredes as duty officer,
voted to consider the item listed for the
closed meeting in closed session, and
determined that no earlier notice thereof
was possible.
The subject matter of the Closed
Meeting scheduled for Wednesday,
September 17, 2008, will be: Matters
related to the financial markets.
At times, changes in Commission
priorities require alterations in the
scheduling of meeting items. For further
information and to ascertain what, if
any, matters have been added, deleted
or postponed, please contact: The Office
of the Secretary at (202) 551–5400.
Dated: September 17, 2008.
Florence E. Harmon,
Acting Secretary.
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COMMISSION
Sunshine Act Meeting
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to
the provisions of the Government in the
Sunshine Act, Pub. L. 94–409, that the
Securities and Exchange Commission
will hold a Closed Meeting on
Wednesday, September 17, 2008, at 2
p.m.
Commissioners and certain staff
members who have an interest in the
matter will attend the Closed Meeting.
The General Counsel of the
Commission, or his designee, has
certified that, in his opinion, one or
more of the exemptions set forth in 5
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Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board; Order Approving Proposed
Rule on Auditing Standard No. 6,
Evaluating Consistency of Financial
Statements, and Conforming
Amendments
September 16, 2008.
I. Introduction
On February 1, 2008, the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board
(the ‘‘Board’’ or the ‘‘PCAOB’’) filed
with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’)
Proposed Auditing Standard No. 6,
Evaluating Consistency of Financial
Statements, (‘‘Auditing Standard No.
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Proposed Data Collection(s) Available for Public Comment and
Recommendations
SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirement of section 3506 (c)(2)(A)
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which provides opportunity for
public comment on new or revised data collections, the Railroad
Retirement Board (RRB) will publish periodic summaries of proposed data
collections.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed information
collections are necessary for the proper performance of the functions
of the agency, including whether the information has practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the RRB's estimate of the burden of the collection
of the information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize
the burden related to the collection of information on respondents,
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
1. Title and Purpose of Information Collection
Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act Applications; OMB 3220-0039.
Under Section 2 of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA),
sickness benefits are payable to qualified railroad employees who are
unable to work because of illness or injury. In addition, sickness
benefits are payable to qualified female employees if they are unable
to work, or if working would be injurious, because of pregnancy,
miscarriage or childbirth. Under Section 1(k) of the RUIA, a statement
of sickness with respect to days of sickness of an employee is to be
filed with the RRB within a 10-day period from the first day claimed as
a day of sickness. The RRB's authority for requesting supplemental
medical information is Section 12(i) and 12(n) of the RUIA. The
procedures for claiming sickness benefits and for the RRB to obtain
supplemental medical information needed to determine a claimant's
eligibility for such benefits are prescribed in 20 CFR Part 335. The
forms currently used by the RRB to obtain information needed to
determine eligibility for and the amount of sickness benefits due a
claimant follows: Form SI-1a, Application for Sickness Benefits; Form
SI-1b, Statement of Sickness; Form SI-3, Claim for Sickness Benefits;
Form SI-7, Supplemental Doctor's Statement; Form SI-8, Verification of
Medical Information; Form ID-7h, Non-Entitlement to Sickness Benefits
and Information on Unemployment Benefits; Form ID-11a, Requesting
Reason for Late Filing of Sickness Benefit and ID-11b, Notice of
Insufficient Medical and Late Filing. Completion is required to obtain
or retain benefits. One response is requested of each respondent.
Consistent with requirements of the Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the RRB proposes revisions to Form SI-
1b, SI-7, and SI-8 to replace the term ``Tax Identification Number''
with ``National Provider Identifier''. No other changes are proposed.
The estimated annual respondent burden is as follows:
Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Annual Burden
Form (s) responses Time (min) (hrs)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
SI-1a............................... 22,200 10 3,700
SI-1b (Doctor)...................... 22,200 8 2,960
SI-3................................ 145,000 5 12,083
SI-7................................ 22,600 8 3,013
SI-8................................ 50 5 4
ID-7H............................... 50 5 4
ID-11A.............................. 800 4 53
ID-11B.............................. 1,000 4 67
-----------------------------------
Total........................... 213,900 .......... 21,884
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2. Title and purpose of information collection
Annual Earnings Questionnaire for Annuitants in Last Pre-Retirement
Non-Railroad Employment; OMB 3220-0179
Under section 2(e)(3) of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA), an
annuity is not payable for any month in which a beneficiary works for a
railroad. In addition, an annuity is reduced for any month in which the
beneficiary works for an employer other than a railroad employer and
earns more than a prescribed amount. Under the 1988 amendments to the
RRA, the Tier II portion of the regular annuity and any supplemental
annuity must be reduced by one dollar for each two dollars of Last Pre-
Retirement Non-Railroad Employment (LPE) earnings for each month of
such service. However, the reduction cannot exceed fifty percent of the
Tier II and supplemental annuity
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amount for the month to which such deductions apply. LPE generally
refers to an annuitant's last employment with a non-railroad person,
company, or institution prior to retirement which was performed whether
at the same time of, or after an annuitant stopped railroad employment.
The collection obtains earnings information needed by the RRB to
determine if possible reductions in annuities because of Last Pre-
Retirement Non-Railroad Employment Earnings (LPE) are in order. The RRB
utilizes Form G-19L to obtain LPE earnings information from annuitants.
Companion Form G-19L.1, which serves as an instruction sheet and
contains the Paperwork Reduction/Privacy Act Notice for the collection
accompanies each Form G-19L sent to an annuitant. One response is
requested of each respondent. Completion is required to retain a
benefit. The RRB proposes the addition of a subitem requesting that an
annuitant provide an Employer's Identification Number (EIN). Non-burden
impacting editorial and reformatting changes are also proposed.
The estimated annual respondent burden is as follows:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Annual Burden
Form (s) responses Time (min) (hrs)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-19L............................... 300 15 75
-----------------------------------
Total........................... 300 .......... 75
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Additional Information or Comments: To request more information
regarding either of the information collections listed above or to
obtain copies of the information collection justifications, forms, and/
or supporting material, please call the RRB Clearance Officer at (312)
751-3363 or send an e-mail request to Charles.Mierzwa@RRB.GOV. Comments
regarding the information collections should be addressed to Ronald J.
Hodapp, Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago,
Illinois 60611-2092 or via an e-mail to Ronald.Hodapp@RRB.GOV. Written
comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.
Charles Mierzwa,
Clearance Officer.
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