Office of Personnel Management 2022 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

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, January 19, 2023. There will be no in-person gathering for this meeting.

The Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on an expiring information collection request (ICR) with change, Annuitant's Report of Earned Income, RI 30-2. Non-substantive changes have been made to this ICR, which are limited to an update of the report year and edition date and change of the term ``survey'' to ``report.''

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, December 15, 2022. There will be no in-person gathering for this meeting.

The Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on an existing information collection request, Reemployment of Annuitants.

On November 18, 2022, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published a document in the Federal Register announcing a suspension of applications for Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP) coverage. The document did not contain the citation to the final rule, which sets forth the process for suspension of applications.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a new information collection request (ICR) 3206-NEW, Research Agreements for the Use of OPM Record-Level Data.

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is announcing a suspension of applications for Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP) coverage. During the suspension period, no applications for FLTCIP coverage will be accepted, and current enrollees may not apply to increase their coverage. Eligible individuals who submit an application for FLTCIP to the program administrator, Long Term Care Partners, LLC, prior to the date that the suspension period begins, will have their application considered. If the Carrier approves the application for coverage, the individual will receive a benefit booklet and schedule of benefits with complete coverage information.

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing this rule to amend the CFR for purposes of ensuring these regulations reflect the provisions enacted under the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (``2012 Act'') and the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 (``2013 Act''). The 2012 Act made significant changes to the retirement benefits of Members of Congress (Members) or congressional employees who are first covered by the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) after December 31, 2012. The 2012 Act decreased the FERS benefit accrual rate used in the FERS annuity calculation for congressional employees or Members first covered by FERS (or reelected with less than five years of FERS service) after December 31, 2012. The 2012 Act also increased the FERS employee contributions by 1.8 percentage points for Members first covered by FERS (or reelected with less than five years of FERS-covered service) after December 31, 2012. Enactment of the 2013 Act, further increased the FERS employee deductions by an additional 1.3 percentage points for all FERS-covered employees first covered by FERS after December 31, 2013 (or rehired/ reelected with less than five years of FERS-covered service), including Members and congressional employees. OPM's proposed rule amends the CFR to reflect these changes.

The Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on the reinstatement of an expired information collection request (ICR) without change, RI 20-126, Certification of Qualifying District of Columbia Service under Section 1905 of Public Law 111-84 (OMB No. 3206-0268).

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, November 17, 2022. There will be no in-person gathering for this meeting. The Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee is composed of a Chair, five representatives from labor unions holding exclusive bargaining rights for Federal prevailing rate employees, and five representatives from Federal agencies.

This notice identifies Schedule A, B, and C appointing authorities applicable to a single agency that were established or revoked from May 1, 2022, to May 31, 2022.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on an existing information collection request (ICR) 3206-0272, Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP) Enrollment System. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, amended by the Clinger-Cohen Act, OPM is soliciting comments for this collection.

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, October 20, 2022. There will be no in-person gathering for this meeting.

On behalf of the President's Pay Agent, the Office of Personnel Management is proposing regulations to establish Carroll County, IL, as an area of application to the Davenport-Moline, IA-IL locality pay area and Brooks County, TX, as an area of application to the Corpus Christi-Kingsville-Alice, TX, locality pay area. The proposed changes in the geographic definitions of those locality pay areas would be applicable on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2023, subject to issuance of final regulations.

The Federal Salary Council will hold a virtual hybrid meeting on Friday, October 28, 2022, at the time shown below. There will be no in-person public gathering for this meeting. The Council is an advisory body composed of representatives of Federal employee organizations and experts in the fields of labor relations and pay policy. The Council makes recommendations to the President's Pay Agent (the Secretary of Labor and the Directors of the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Personnel Management) about the locality pay program for General Schedule employees under the United States Code. The Council's recommendations cover the establishment or modification of locality pay areas, the coverage of salary surveys, the process of comparing Federal and non-Federal rates of pay, and the level of comparability payments that should be paid. The Council will hear public testimony about the locality pay program, review the results of pay comparisons, and formulate its recommendations to the President's Pay Agent on pay comparison methods, locality pay rates, and locality pay areas and boundaries for 2024. This meeting is open to the public through advance registration. Individuals who wish to provide testimony or present material at the meeting should contact the Office of Personnel Management using the email address provided below. In addition, please be aware that the Council may need to set limits on the time that will be provided for hearing oral testimony in the meeting. However, the Council can consider lengthier input in written material provided in advance of the public meeting. There are no restrictions on format for such written input.

This gives notice of all positions in the Senior Executive Service (SES) that were career reserved during calendar year 2019.

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

This notice identifies Schedule A, B, and C appointing authorities applicable to a single agency that were established or revoked from January 1, 2022 to January 31, 2022.

Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on an expiring information collection request (ICR), Application for Death Benefits under the Federal Employees Retirement System (SF 3104); and Documentation & Elections in Support of Application for Death Benefits When Deceased Was an Employee at the Time of Death (SF 3104B).

This notice identifies Schedule A, B, and C appointing authorities applicable to a single agency that were established or revoked from May 1, 2020 to May 31, 2020.

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) proposes to publish a new system of records titled ``OPM/Central-27, FEHB Disputed Claims and Complaints Records.'' This system of records contains information about enrollees or their family members who have submitted a request to OPM for its review of healthcare claim denials made by Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) plans. This system of records also contains records related to complaints received by OPM about the FEHB Program, Carriers, or plans. This newly established system of records will be included in OPM's inventory of record systems.

The following Office of Personnel Management (OPM) regulations are scheduled for development or review during the 6-month period following publication. This agenda carries out OPM's responsibilities to publish a semiannual agenda under Executive Order 12866, ``Regulatory Planning and Review,'' and the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. chapter 6). This publication does not impose a binding obligation on OPM with regard to any specific item on the agenda. Regulatory action in addition to the items listed is not precluded.

This rule adjusts the level of civil monetary penalties contained in U.S. Office of Personnel Management regulations implementing the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986, in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 and Office of Management and Budget guidance.

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), Request for Case Review for Enhanced Disability Annuity Benefit, RI 20-123.

This notice identifies Schedule A, B, and C appointing authorities applicable to a single agency that were established or revoked from April 1, 2021 to April 30, 2021.