Office of Personnel Management July 6, 2016 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a reinstatement, with change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired, for information collection request (ICR) 3206-0082, Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Application. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35), as amended by the Clinger-Cohen Act (Pub. L. 104- 106), OPM is soliciting comments for this collection on behalf of the Office of Management and Budget. Changes to this collection include: (1) Reduction in estimated responses, (2) adjustments to the list of degrees\disciplines based on Federal agency estimates (including adjustments for needed STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) degrees\disciplines), (3) adjustments to the list of additional skills and attributes based on Federal agency estimates, (4) adjustments to the list of languages based on Federal agency estimates, and (5) the potential to ask applicants preferred geographic location if selected as a Semi-Finalist in choosing an in-person assessment center location. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly interested in comments that: 1. Evaluate 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; 2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; 3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submissions of responses.