Office of Personnel Management – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) proposes to modify the current system of records titled "OPM/Central-23 FEHB Program Enrollment Records." This system of records contains information about enrollees and their family members, who are or have been covered under the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program. The modification is necessary to add categories of records and record source categories to the system of records based upon information exchange necessary to implement the Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program and meet requirements under the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 (PSRA). The modification is also necessary to clarify in the Purposes section that references in the system of records to the "FEHB Program" or "FEHB" will encompass the PSHB Program, a separate program within the FEHB Program. In addition, OPM is taking this opportunity to clarify two existing routine uses and make a technical correction to the Administrative, Technical, and Physical Safeguards section. We have also updated the policies and practices for retention and disposal of records to reflect that a new schedule that will incorporate Postal Service records is currently under review by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

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, September 19, 2024. There will be no in-person gathering for this meeting.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to define Saratoga County, New York, as an area of application to the Jefferson, NY, nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area for pay-setting purposes. This change is necessary because there is one NAF FWS employee working in Saratoga County, and the county is not currently defined to a NAF wage area.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing revisions to a currently approved information collection, OMB Control Number, 3206- 0248: OPM Form 1655, Application for Senior Administrative Law Judge, and OPM Form 1655-A, Geographic Preference Statement for Senior Administrative Law Judge Applicant.

This notice provides the consolidated list of all agency- specific excepted authorities, approved by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), under Schedules A, B, and C, as of June 30, 2022, as required by Civil Service Rule VI, Exceptions from the Competitive Service.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule to specify that employees who are detailed or temporarily promoted to higher-grade duties of a higher-graded position should be paid accordingly for the entire time spent performing the duties of the higher-graded position, as found pursuant to a final order by an appropriate authority.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, OPM is proposing revisions to a currently approved information collection, USAJOBS Resume Builder and Application Profile, OMB Control No. 3206- 0219.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on an extension of an existing information collection request (ICR), OMB Control 3206-0036: Establishment Information Form (DD 1918); Wage Data Collection Form (DD 1919); and Wage Data Collection Continuation Form (DD 1919C).

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing an extension to a currently approved information collection, OMB Control Number 3206- 0174: Survivor Annuity Election for a Spouse, RI 20-63; Cover Letter Giving Information About the Cost to Elect Less Than the Maximum Survivor Annuity, RI 20-116; Cover Letter Giving Information About the Cost to Elect the Maximum Survivor Annuity, RI 20-117.

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 20, 2024. There will be no in-person gathering for this meeting.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to abolish the Calhoun, Alabama (AL), nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area and define Calhoun County, AL, to the Cobb, Georgia, NAF FWS wage area, and Jefferson County, AL, to the Madison, AL, NAF FWS wage area. These changes are necessary because NAF FWS employment in the survey area is now below the minimum criterion of 26 wage employees to maintain a wage area, and the local activities no longer have the capability to conduct local wage surveys.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking to clarify and establish additional requirements regarding the Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program, which was established pursuant to the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022. This proposed rule expands on previous regulations concerning the PSHB Program and is intended to provide greater detail and clarity necessary to properly implement PSHB in 2025 and beyond. In particular, this proposed rule includes details on: reconsideration of PSHB eligibility decisions, various applications of the Medicare Part B enrollment requirement, allocation of reserve credits, calendar year alignment of Government contribution requirements, financial reporting and actuarial calculations, premium payment prioritization from the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund, and Medicare Part D integration.

This notice identifies Schedule A, B, and C appointing authorities applicable to a single agency that was established, modified, or revoked from September 1, 2023, to September 30, 2023.

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

This notice identifies Schedule A, B, and C appointing authorities applicable to a single agency that were established, modified, or revoked from April 1, 2023, to April 30, 2023.

This notice identifies Schedule A, B, and C appointing authorities applicable to a single agency that was established, modified, or revoked from November 1, 2023, to November 30, 2023.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Retirement Services, offers the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on the review of an expiring information collection request (ICR) without change, CSRS/FERS Designation of Beneficiary, SF 3102.

This notice publishes a consolidated list of all positions in the Senior Executive Service (SES) that were career reserved during calendar year 2022.

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) for two forms: SF 2809 Health Benefits Election Form and OPM 2809 Health Benefits Election Form.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to remove Denver County, CO, from the Arapahoe-Denver, CO, nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area. In addition, OPM proposes to change the name of the Arapahoe-Denver NAF FWS wage area to Arapahoe. These changes are necessary because no NAF FWS employment has been reported in Denver County since 2018.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Retirement Services, offers the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on the review of an expiring information collection request (ICR) with change: Annuity Supplement Earnings Report, RI 92-22.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Retirement Services, offers the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on an expiring information collection request (ICR): CSRS/FERS Documentation in Support of Disability Retirement Application, Standard Form 3112.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on revisions to a currently approved information collection request (ICR): OMB Control No. 3206-0219, USAJOBS Resume Builder, Application Profile, and Career Explorer.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing this final rule to align the Pathways Programs with the Federal Government's needs for recruiting and hiring interns and recent graduates. Robust Pathways Programs, with appropriate safeguards to promote their use as a supplement to, and not a substitute for, the competitive hiring process, are essential to boosting the Federal Government's ability to recruit and retain early career talent.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing final regulations to reinforce and clarify longstanding civil service protections and merit system principles, codified in law, as they relate to the involuntary movement of Federal employees and positions from the competitive service to the excepted service, or from one excepted service schedule to another. In this final rule, OPM adopts many of the provisions from the proposed rule with some modifications and clarifications based on comments received from the public. The final regulations will better align OPM regulations with relevant statutory text, congressional intent, legislative history, legal precedent, and OPM's longstanding practice.