Office of Special Counsel 2022 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) implementing regulations, and the Government Paperwork Elimination Act, OSC obtained approval from OMB on September 18, 2017, for a new, dynamic electronic form to be used for filing complaints and disclosures with OSC. OSC revised the previously- approved form, known as Form OSC-14, in July 2019 to reflect interim statutory changes and sought and obtained emergency OMB/OIRA processing of the new information collection. The final rule authorizing use of Form OSC-14 went into effect on August 26, 2019, and OMB approval on February 3, 2020, allows use of the form, as revised, through March 2023. This proposed information collection seeks to extend OSC's period of using the form through 2026.

The U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC), seeks approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for use of two surveys used by OSC's Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) program to assess its efficacy and seek ways to improve the process: An initial survey sent to all mediation participants, and a follow-up survey sent to a subset of mediation participants who opt into receiving the second survey.