Office of Personnel Management April 2021 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The President adjusted the rates of basic pay and locality payments for certain Federal civilian employees effective in January 2021. The Executive order authorizes a 1.0 percent across-the-board increase for statutory pay systems and provides that locality percentages will remain at 2020 levels. This notice serves as documentation for the public record.

This notice identifies Schedule A, B, and C appointing authorities applicable to a single agency that were established or revoked from January 1, 2021 to January 31, 2021.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing this final rule to implement the provisions of the ``Correcting Miscalculations in Veterans' Pensions Act.'' This Act provides authority for agencies and OPM to pay, at their discretion, interest on certain deposits (post- 1956 military service deposits and service credit deposits for voluntary service with the Peace Corps and Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA)) when additional interest is assessed due to administrative error. Agencies need to establish their own guidelines for waiver, subject to funding limitations that may prevent reimbursement by the agency. These regulations also pertain to payments made by OPM with regard to service credit deposits for volunteer service.

Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on an expiring information collection (ICR) with minor edits, Disabled Dependent Questionnaire, RI 30-10. This ICR has been revised in the following manner: The display of the OMB control number and an updated edition date.

Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on an expiring information collection (ICR) with minor edits, Representative Payee Survey, RI 38-115. This ICR has been revised in the following manner: The display of the OMB control number and an updated edition date.

In this final rule, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is finalizing provisions to ensure the continuation of certain insurance benefits and services that could be impacted by a lapse in appropriations. First, this final rule implements section 1110 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20 NDAA), that designated certain Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program and Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) services as emergency services under the Antideficiency Act. Second, this rule also implements section 1110(c)(2) of FY20 NDAA that deems employees furloughed as a result of a lapse in appropriations to be in pay status, for purposes of enrolling or changing enrollment in the FEHB Program. Third, this final rule also ensures, pursuant to section 1111 of the FY20 NDAA, continuation of coverage under the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP) and the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP) for enrollees who are furloughed or excepted from furlough and working without pay due to a lapse in appropriations, and provides that coverage may not be cancelled as a result of nonpayment of premiums or other periodic charges due to such a lapse. The rule also clarifies that upon the end of a lapse in appropriations, FEDVIP and FLTCIP premiums will be paid from back pay or may be paid back from a source other than backpay for FLTCIP enrollees who elected to make payments directly to the Carrier. This final rule adopts the proposed rule as published.