Unified Agenda


OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (OPM)


OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

5 CFR Ch. I

Regulatory Agenda

AGENCY:

Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION:

Semiannual regulatory agenda.

SUMMARY:

The following Office of Personnel Management (OPM) regulations are scheduled for development or review from April 1, 2002 through March 31, 2003. 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 in the Federal Register does not impose a binding obligation on the Office of Personnel Management with regard to any specific item on the agenda. Regulatory action in addition to the items listed is not precluded.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jacquline D. Carter, (202) 606-1973.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OPM has begun a comprehensive, systematic review of its Governmentwide personnel regulations. OPM has undertaken this initiative to make the regulations more readable wherever possible, to eliminate duplication, and to weed out obsolete references. OPM will incorporate any necessary substantive changes as part of this project. OPM intends to publish the revised regulations as proposed regulations during the coming year.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

Kay Coles James, Director.

Office of Personnel Management—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence Number Title Regulation Identification Number
3344 Employment in the Excepted Service3206-AH83
3345 Probation on Initial Appointment to a Competitive Position3206-AI47
3346 Merit Promotion and Internal Placement3206-AI20
3347 Reemployment Priority List3206-AI34
3348 Amendment to Selective Service Registration Requirements3206-AI52
3349 Other Than Full-Time Employment (Part-Time, Seasonal, Intermittent)3206-AI22
3350 Order of Release From Competitive Level3206-AI96
3351 Re-Employment Rights3206-AI19
3352 Training3206-AJ19
3353 Classification Appeals of General Schedule Employees3206-AH38
3354 Superior Qualifications Appointments3206-AI00
3355 Pay Under the General Schedule; Subpart F—Locality-Based Comparability Payments3206-AJ62
3356 Job Grading Reviews and Appeals of Federal Wage System Employees3206-AI14
3357 Miscellaneous Changes in Pay and Leave Regulations3206-AJ59
3358 Reemployment of Military and Civilian Retirees To Meet Exceptional Employment Needs3206-AI32
3359 Miscellaneous Leave Regulations3206-AI44
3360 Retirement; Credit for Military Service3206-AG58
3361 Continuation of Eligibility for Certain Civil Service Benefits for Former Federal Employees of the Civilian Marksmanship Program.3206-AJ55
3362 Retirement; Debt Collection3206-AE72
3363 Retirement; Court Orders Awarding Survivor Annuities; Correcting or Supplementing the First Order Dividing Marital Property3206-AG28
3364 Retirement; FERS Elections of Coverage3206-AG96
3365 Federal Employees' Health Benefits Program: Continuing FEHB Coverage Into Retirement3206-AI62
3366 Implementation of the Administrative Simplification Provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 for the Federal Employees' Health Benefits Program3206-AJ45
3367 Financial Sanctions of Health Care Providers in the Federal Employees' Health Benefits Program3206-AJ42
3368 Federal Employees' Health Benefits Acquisition Regulation: Large Provider Agreements, Subcontracts, and Miscellaneous Changes3206-AJ20
3369 Implementation of Additional Cost Principles in the Federal Employees' Health Benefits Program3206-AJ10

Office of Personnel Management—Final Rule Stage
Sequence Number Title Regulation Identification Number
3370 Excepted Service—Schedule A Authority for Nontemporary Part-Time or Intermittent Positions3206-AJ06
3371 Excepted Service; Career and Career-Conditional Employment3206-AJ28
3372 Excepted Service—Schedule A Authority for Chinese, Japanese, and Hindu Interpreters3206-AJ43
3373 Time-in-Grade Restrictions3206-AG06
3374 Promotion and Internal Placement; Accelerated Qualifications3206-AG19
3375 Reasonable Accommodation Language for Vacancy Announcements3206-AJ11
3376 Recruitment and Selection Through Competitive Examination3206-AJ52
3377 Official Duty Station Determinations for Pay Purposes3206-AH84
3378 Holidays and Premium Pay3206-AH86
3379 Prevailing Rate Systems; Definition of San Joaquin County, California, to a Nonappropriated Fund Wage Area3206-AJ35
3380 Prevailing Rate Systems; Change in the Survey Cycle for the Portland, Oregon, Wage Area3206-AJ60
3381 Prevailing Rate Systems; Definition of Santa Clara, California, Nonappropriated Fund Wage Area3206-AJ61
3382 Basic Pay for Employees of Temporary Organizations3206-AJ47
3383 Pay for Administrative Appeals Judge Positions3206-AJ44
3384 Grade and Pay Retention 3206-AI88
3385 Pay Administration; Availability Pay for Criminal Investigators3206-AJ49
3386 Premium Pay Limitations3206-AJ56
3387 Administratively Uncontrollable Overtime Pay3206-AJ57
3388 Repeal of Dual Compensation Reduction for Military Retirees3206-AI92
3389 Retention Allowances3206-AJ48
3390 Voluntary Separation Incentive Repayment Waivers3206-AG20
3391 Cost-of-Living Allowances (Nonforeign Areas);Commissary/Exchange Rates; Survey Frequency; Gradual Reductions3206-AJ40
3392 Cost-of-Living Allowances (Nonforeign Areas); Methodology Changes3206-AJ41
3393 Retirement; Coverage—Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities3206-AH57
3394 Coverage for Certain Employees of the District of Columbia3206-AI02
3395 Retirement, Health, and Life Insurance Coverage for Certain Employees of the District of Columbia Under the District of Columbia Courts and Justice Technical Corrections Act of 19983206-AI55
3396 Retirement; State Income Tax Withholding Instrumentalities3206-AH62
3397 Correction of Retirement Coverage Errors Under the Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Correction Act3206-AJ38
3398 Retirement; General Administration3206-AI83
3399 Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program: Miscellaneous Changes and Clarifications3206-AG63
3400 Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance: Premium Changes and Change in Time Frames for Electing Insurance3206-AJ46
3401 Federal Employees' Health Benefits Program: Payment of Premiums for Periods of Leave Without Pay or Insufficient Pay3206-AG66
3402 Federal Employees' Health Benefits Program: Effective Dates3206-AI37
3403 Implementation of Premium Conversion for Executive Branch Federal Employees Participating in the Federal Employees' Health Benefits (FEHB) Program3206-AJ17
3404 Federal Employees' Health Benefits Children's Equity3206-AJ34
3405 Suspension of Enrollment in the Federal Employees' Health Benefits Program To Enroll in the TRICARE3206-AJ36
3406 Debarments and Suspensions of Health Care Providers From the Federal Employees' Health Benefits Program3206-AD76
3407 Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Federal Acquisition Regulation3206-AI65

Office of Personnel Management—Long-Term Actions
Sequence Number Title Regulation Identification Number
3408 Personnel Security and Related Programs3206-AC21
3409 Investigations3206-AB92
3410 Law Enforcement Officer and Firefighter Retirement3206-AJ39
3411 Retirement; FERS Basic Annuity3206-AE73
3412 Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement)3206-AJ31

Office of Personnel Management—Completed Actions
Sequence Number Title Regulation Identification Number
3413 Miscellaneous Changes in Office of Personnel Management's Regulations3206-AJ54
3414 Federal Employment Priority Consideration for the District of Columbia Employees3206-AI28
3415 Placement Assistance and Reduction in Force3206-AJ18
3416 Career Transition Assistance for Surplus and Displaced Federal Employees3206-AJ32
3417 Reduction in Force Retreat Rights3206-AJ14
3418 Locality-Based Comparability Payments3206-AI81
3419 Prevailing Rate Systems; Change in the Survey Cycle for the Pennington, South Dakota, Nonappropriated Fund Wage Area3206-AJ30
3420 Firefighter Pay3206-AI50
3421 Cost-of-Living Allowances (Nonforeign Areas); Interim COLA Rate Increases Pursuant to Settlement of Litigation3206-AJ26
3422 Absence and Leave: Use of Restored Annual Leave3206-AJ51

Office of Personnel Management—Discontinued Entries
Regulation Identification Number Title Date Withdrawn Comments
3206-AF57 Performance Management Reform Initiatives03/04/2002Withdrawn
3206-AG78 Retirement Coverage for the District of Columbia Financial Control Board Employees03/01/2002Withdrawn
3206-AG92 Availability of Official Information03/13/2002Withdrawn
3206-AH37 Retirement; Service Credit03/01/2002Withdrawn
3206-AI46 Clarification of Hiring Authorities04/01/2002Withdrawn
3206-AI51 Excepted Service Promotion and Internal Placement03/13/2002Withdrawn
3206-AJ27 Cost-of-Living Allowances (Nonforeign Areas); Revised COLA Regulations Pursuant to Settlement of Litigation03/04/2002Withdrawn
3206-AJ37 Privacy Procedures for Personnel Records03/13/2002Withdrawn


Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Proposed Rule Stage

 


3344. EMPLOYMENT IN THE EXCEPTED SERVICE

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 1302; 5 USC 3301; 5 USC 3302; 5 USC 8151; EO 10577

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 302

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

The revised regulations will make it easier for agencies to understand how to run the excepted service employment system, so they can create better and more efficient employment procedures.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Tina Vay, Employment Service, Staffing and Restructuring Policy Division, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-0830
Fax: 202 606-0390

RIN:

3206-AH83

3345. PROBATION ON INITIAL APPOINTMENT TO A COMPETITIVE POSITION

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Other Significant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 3321

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 315, subpart H

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

This regulation will permit agencies to use a competitive service probationary period of up to three years, when the work of the position cannot be properly evaluated in only one year. It will also establish one year as the minimum probationary period.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Linda Watson, Employment Service, Examining and Qualification Policy Division, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-0830
Fax: 202 606-0023
Email: lmwatson@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AI47

3346. MERIT PROMOTION AND INTERNAL PLACEMENT

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Other Significant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 3301; 5 USC 3302

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 316; 5 CFR 335

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

In an effort to streamline selection procedures and provide agencies with greater flexibility, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing to revise the regulations covering merit promotion and internal placement. These regulations will provide a framework within which agencies may develop merit-based programs for internal selections.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Karen Jacobs, Employment Service, Staffing and Restructuring Policy Division, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-0830
Fax: 202 606-0023

RIN:

3206-AI20

3347. REEMPLOYMENT PRIORITY LIST

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Other Significant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 1315; 5 USC 8151

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 330, subpart B

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

The Office of Personnel Management is proposing regulations covering the operation and administration of the Reemployment Priority List (RPL). The RPL provides competitive service employees, separated by reduction in force, with the first opportunity for reemployment in their former agency over candidates who do not work for the agency. The RPL also provides the same priority to former employees who were separated or downgraded because of a compensable injury or disability and have fully recovered more than one year after compensation began. These proposed regulations would update RPL procedures in order to assist agencies in providing displaced employees with maximum reemployment opportunities.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Jacqueline Yeatman, Employment Service, Staffing and Restructuring Policy Division, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-0960
Fax: 202 606-2329

RIN:

3206-AI34

3348. AMENDMENT TO SELECTIVE SERVICE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 3328

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 300

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

Delegates to agencies' determination whether a Federal job applicant's failure to register with the Selective Service was knowing and willful. This change is authorized by an amendment to 5 U.S.C. 3328.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 03/29/99 64 FR 14842
NPRM Comment Period End 04/28/99
NPRM 12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Larry Lorenz, Employment Service, Staffing and Restructuring Policy Division, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-0830

RIN:

3206-AI52

3349. OTHER THAN FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT (PART-TIME, SEASONAL, INTERMITTENT)

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 3301

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 340; 5 CFR 110

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

Grants agencies and employees more flexibility by clarifying agency authority to schedule part-time employees on a pay period, rather than weekly, basis; defines job sharing; modifies seasonal employment.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 07/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Diane Tyrrell, Employment Service, Staffing and Restructuring Policy Division, Office of Personnel Management, 9th Floor, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-0960
Fax: 202 606-2329

RIN:

3206-AI22

3350. ORDER OF RELEASE FROM COMPETITIVE LEVEL

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 1302; 5 USC 3502; 5 USC 3503

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 351

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

The Office of Personnel Management is proposing retention regulations covering the order in which agencies release competing employees from their competitive levels in a reduction in force.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 06/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Thomas A. Glennon, Employment Service, Staffing and Restructuring Policy Division, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-0960
Fax: 202 606-2329

RIN:

3206-AI96

3351. RE-EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 3582; 5 USC 3301; PL 103-296

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 352

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

Updates provisions to conform to law allowing employees assigned to international organizations under certain conditions to maintain FERS and FICA retirement coverage; current regulations only mention CSRS retirement.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 09/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Mike Mahoney, Employment Service, Staffing and Restructuring Policy Division, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-0830
Fax: 202 606-0023

RIN:

3206-AI19

3352. TRAINING

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 4118

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 410

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

Section 410.309 of title 5, CFR (continued service agreements) and 5 CFR 410.404 (expenses of training and meetings) need clarification. 5 CFR 410.309, as written, omits allowance for agency heads to delegate authority to define requirements for continued service. It also omits circumstances when the requirement for continued service can be waived, which has caused confusion for agencies in developing their continued service agreements. Amending 5 CFR 410.309 returns to regulation, language removed in 1996 that has had the unintended effect of limiting agency head authority in the area of continued service agreements for training. With increasing interest in academic education and service agreements, agencies have expressed concern about their legal authority with regard to these agreements.
As written, 5 CFR 410.404 does not sufficiently clarify distinctions between training and meetings. 5 U.S.C. 4109 provides agencies authority to pay the expenses of training. 5 U.S.C. 4110 provides them authority to pay the expenses of meetings. However, 5 CFR 410.404 blurs the distinctions between these two; amending it would make clear the distinctions and clarify conditions under which a meeting may be considered training.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

LaVeen Ponds, Office of Workforce Relations, Office of Personnel Management, Office of Human Resource Development, 1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-1394
Email: lmponds@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AJ19

3353. CLASSIFICATION APPEALS OF GENERAL SCHEDULE EMPLOYEES

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 5112

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 511, subpart A; 5 CFR 511, subpart F; 5 CFR 511, subpart G

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

The position classification appeals regulations require updating to reflect current organizational nomenclature following a reorganization within OPM.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 05/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 07/00/02
Final Action 08/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Melissa Drummond, Office of Merit Systems Oversight and Effectiveness, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-2530
Fax: 202 606-2663
Email: madrummo@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AH38

3354. SUPERIOR QUALIFICATIONS APPOINTMENTS

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 5333

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 531

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

Revises regulations concerning the appointment of superior candidates above the minimum rate of pay for General Schedule positions. Clarifies and modifies what agencies should consider when making these superior qualifications appointments.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 03/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Jeanne D. Jacobson, Workforce Compensation and Performance Service, Office of Personnel Management, Office of Compensation Administration, 1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-2858
Fax: 202 606-4264
Email: payleave@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AI00

3355. ¤ PAY UNDER THE GENERAL SCHEDULE; SUBPART F—LOCALITY-BASED COMPARABILITY PAYMENTS

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 5304

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 531

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

Under current regulations, locality pay area boundaries change automatically whenever the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) modifies the geographic coverage of a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) or a consolidated metropolitan statistical area. OMB plans wholesale modifications in metropolitan area definitions in 2003 based on new criteria and 2000 census data. We plan to tie our locality pay area definitions to the geographic coverage of MSAs as defined in OMB Bulletin 99-4 so that locality pay area boundaries will not automatically change when OMB revises its metropolitan area definitions. This will allow the President's Pay Agent and the Federal Salary Council the opportunity to review the new metropolitan area definitions to see if they are appropriate for use in the locality pay program.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 06/00/02
Final Action 11/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Allan G. Hearne, Workforce Compensation and Performance Service, Office of Personnel Management, Office of Compensation Administration, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-2838
Fax: 202 606-4264
Email: aghearne@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AJ62

3356. JOB GRADING REVIEWS AND APPEALS OF FEDERAL WAGE SYSTEM EMPLOYEES

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 5346

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 532, subpart G

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

The job grading reviews and appeals regulations require updating to reflect current organizational nomenclature following a reorganization within OPM.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 05/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 07/00/02
Final Action 08/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Melissa Drummond, Office of Merit Systems Oversight and Effectiveness, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-2530
Fax: 202 606-2663
Email: madrummo@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AI14

3357. ¤ MISCELLANEOUS CHANGES IN PAY AND LEAVE REGULATIONS

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 5307; 5 USC 5514; 5 USC 5527; 5 USC 5334; 5 USC 5338; 5 USC 5542(c); 5 USC 5548; 5 USC 6311; 5 USC 4301 et seq; Fair Labor Standards Act of 1939, as amended, sec 4(f)

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 531; 5 CFR 550; 5 CFR 551; 5 CFR 630

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

These interim regulations will correct or clarify several provisions dealing with the pay and leave of Federal employees. The changes are needed to make regulations consistent with law and current practice and to eliminate unnecessary agency reports to OPM. Questions and comments from users of the regulations prompted the changes. The interim regulations will assist agencies in administering pay and leave programs in a consistent manner and in accordance with applicable law.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Bryce Baker, Workforce Compensation and Performance Service, Office of Personnel Management, Office of Compensation Administration, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-2858
Fax: 202 606-4264
Email: payleave@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AJ59

3358. REEMPLOYMENT OF MILITARY AND CIVILIAN RETIREES TO MEET EXCEPTIONAL EMPLOYMENT NEEDS

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 8344; 5 USC 8468

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 553

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

Establishes new criteria for granting exceptions for key positions in temporary organizations established by law or Executive order. This rule will also expand and clarify the criteria used in exercising this authority.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 09/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Larry Lorenz, Employment Service, Staffing and Restructuring Policy Division, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-0830

RIN:

3206-AI32

3359. MISCELLANEOUS LEAVE REGULATIONS

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 6311

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 630

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

The Office of Personnel Management is proposing miscellaneous changes in the leave regulations in 5 CFR part 630. The proposed changes will include clarifying provisions on the Federal leave-sharing program, home leave, transfer of leave from the U.S. Postal Service, and leave entitlements for employees under 90-day appointments or under part-time or intermittent work schedules. The proposed regulations also will include changes to comply with new legislation requiring lump-sum payment for annual leave for employees transferring from a Department of Defense base that is closing.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Sharon Herzberg, Workforce Compensation and Performance Service, Office of Personnel Management, Office of Compensation Administration, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-2858
Fax: 202 606-4264
Email: payleave@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AI44

3360. RETIREMENT; CREDIT FOR MILITARY SERVICE

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 8347(a); 5 USC 8461(g); 38 USC 4331

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 8347(a); 5 CFR 8461(g); 5 CFR 842.306; 5 CFR 842.307

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

These regulations implement changes in the treatment of certain military service under CSRS and FERS required under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA).

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/02
Final Action 04/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Christopher H. Ziebarth, Retirement and Insurance Service, Retirement Policy Center, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-0299
Email: combox@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AG58

3361. ¤ CONTINUATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN CIVIL SERVICE BENEFITS FOR FORMER FEDERAL EMPLOYEES OF THE CIVILIAN MARKSMANSHIP PROGRAM.

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

Sec 1622(b), PL 104-106, 110 Stat. 515

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 831; 5 CFR 842; 5 CFR 870; 5 CFR 890

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

These regulations describe conditions and procedures applicable to continuation of eligibility for certain Civil Service benefits for former Federal employees of the Civilian Marksmanship Program.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 05/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 06/00/02
Final Action 10/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Howard T. Newland Jr., Retirement and Insurance Service, Retirement Policy Division, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-0299
Email: combox@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AJ55

3362. RETIREMENT; DEBT COLLECTION

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 8347; 5 USC 8461

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 835(e)

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

These regulations will amend the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) regulations by consolidating and updating existing regulations in three different subparts of the CSRS regulations and 5 CFR 845 in the FERS regulations to eliminate duplication of the provisions governing debt collection. This item is for subpart E of the new part 835, which will address collections of Government claims from payments made by OPM.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 10/05/92 57 FR 45753
Second NPRM 05/00/02
Final Action 12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Patricia A. Rochester, Retirement and Insurance Service, Retirement Policy Center, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-0299
Email: combox@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AE72

3363. RETIREMENT; COURT ORDERS AWARDING SURVIVOR ANNUITIES; CORRECTING OR SUPPLEMENTING THE FIRST ORDER DIVIDING MARITAL PROPERTY

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 8347; 5 USC 8461

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 838

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

These regulations would establish standards for determining which supplemental or correcting court orders are not "modifications" and the procedures applicable to such orders. They also provide for the continuation of the former spouse's survivor coverage and the reduction in the retiree's annuity until the State court decides the extent of the former spouse's rights to retirement benefits.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 05/00/02
Final Action 08/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Robert Girouard, Retirement and Insurance Service, Retirement Policy Center, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-0299
Email: combox@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AG28

3364. RETIREMENT; FERS ELECTIONS OF COVERAGE

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 8347(a); 5 USC 8461(g); PL 99-335, sec 301(d)(3)

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 846

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

These regulations implement title III of the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) Act of 1986, as amended, dealing with the election of FERS coverage by employees under the Civil Service Retirement System and certain other employees. The regulations contain regulatory and interpretative rules concerning employees' eligibility to elect FERS coverage, procedures for electing FERS coverage, and basic benefits based on the service for employees who elect FERS coverage.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 05/21/87 52 FR 19235
Interim Final Rule 09/13/93 58 FR 47821
Interim Final Rule 06/18/98 63 FR 33231
NPRM 12/00/02
Final Action 04/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

James Giuseppe, Retirement and Insurance Service, Retirement Policy Center, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-0299
Email: combox@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AG96

3365. FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM: CONTINUING FEHB COVERAGE INTO RETIREMENT

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 8913

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 890

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

This proposed regulation would increase OPM's ability to waive requirements for continuing health benefits coverage into retirement when it is to the advantage of the Government to do so.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 05/00/02
Final Action 12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Barbara Myers, Retirement and Insurance Service, Office of Insurance Programs, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-0004

RIN:

3206-AI62

3366. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIMPLIFICATION PROVISIONS OF THE HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1996 FOR THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

PL 104-191

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 890

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

The administrative simplification provisions on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) requires covered entities (providers, health plans and clearinghouses) to ensure the privacy of individually identifiable personal health information. The Federal Employees' Health Benefits (FEHB) Program has been deemed a health plan, and as such must comply with the security, privacy, and transaction standards that are part of the administrative simplification provisions of HIPAA.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Abby L. Block, Assistant Director, Office of Insurance Programs, Office of Personnel Management, Retirement and Insurance Group Room 3425, 1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-0770

RIN:

3206-AJ45

3367. FINANCIAL SANCTIONS OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 8902a

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 890, subpart J

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

These regulations will implement the financial sanctions provisions of the Federal Employees' Health Care Protection Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-266). In cases where a health care provider had knowingly: (1) submitted false, fraudulent, or misleading claims; (2) failed to provide claims-related information requested by OPM or a FEHBP carrier; or (3) submitted claims while debarred, the statute authorizes OPM to effectuate civil monetary penalties of not more than $10,000 per item or service involved and to assess damages of not more than twice the amount claimed for each item or service. These financial sanctions may be imposed, in addition to suspension or debarment; the other forms of sanctions authorized by the statute. The regulatory provisions for suspension and debarment are being implemented in an earlier amendment to 5 CFR 890, subpart J.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 07/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

J. David Cope, Debarring Official, Office of the Inspector General, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-2851
Fax: 202 606-2153
Email: jdcope@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AJ42

3368. FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' HEALTH BENEFITS ACQUISITION REGULATION: LARGE PROVIDER AGREEMENTS, SUBCONTRACTS, AND MISCELLANEOUS CHANGES

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 8913; 40 USC 486(c); 48 CFR 1.301

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

48 CFR 1602; 48 CFR 1604; 48 CFR 1615

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a new policy that establishes notification and information requirements, including audit, for Federal Employees' Health Benefits (FEHB) experience-rated carrier large provider agreements. The proposed regulation also revises the threshold for advance approval of carrier subcontracts.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 09/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Mike Kaszynski, Retirement and Insurance Service, Office of Insurance Programs, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-0004
Email: mwkaszyn@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AJ20

3369. IMPLEMENTATION OF ADDITIONAL COST PRINCIPLES IN THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 8913; 40 USC 486(c); 48 CFR 1.301

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

48 CFR 1630; 48 CFR 1631; 48 CFR 1652

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

The Office of Personnel Management is proposing a regulation that would inform experience-rated carriers in the Federal Employees' Health Benefits Program how it intends to implement additional cost principles.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Anne Easton, Retirement and Insurance Services, Office of Insurance Programs, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-0004
Email: aseaston@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AJ10


Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Final Rule Stage

 


3370. EXCEPTED SERVICE—SCHEDULE A AUTHORITY FOR NONTEMPORARY PART-TIME OR INTERMITTENT POSITIONS

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 3301; 5 USC 3307

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 213

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

The Office of Personnel Management proposes to revoke the schedule A excepted service appointing authority for nontemporary part-time or intermittent positions for which total annual compensation does not exceed 40 percent of GS-3, step 1 because the conditions justifying the original exception no longer exist.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 09/10/01 66 FR 46968
Final Action 05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Tina Vay, Employment Service, Staffing and Restructuring Policy Division, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-0830
Fax: 202 606-0390

RIN:

3206-AJ06

3371. EXCEPTED SERVICE; CAREER AND CAREER-CONDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Other Significant

Legal Authority:

EO 13162

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 213; 5 CFR 315

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

These regulations implement Executive Order 13162, which establishes the Federal Career Intern Program. This program will be used to attract exceptional men and women to the Federal workforce who have diverse professional experiences, academic training, or competencies and prepare them for careers in analyzing and implementing public programs.
This regulation supports the Administration's effort to recruit the highest caliber people to the Federal Government, develop their professional abilities, and retain them in Federal departments and agencies.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 12/14/00 65 FR 78077
Interim Final Rule Effective 12/14/00
Final Action 09/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Karen Jacobs, Employment Service, Staffing and Restructuring Policy Division, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-0830
Fax: 202 606-0023

RIN:

3206-AJ28

3372. EXCEPTED SERVICE—SCHEDULE A AUTHORITY FOR CHINESE, JAPANESE, AND HINDU INTERPRETERS

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 3301

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 213

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

The Office of Personnel Management proposes to revoke the schedule A excepted service appointing authority for Chinese, Japanese and Hindu interpreters because the conditions justifying the original exception no longer exist.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 01/23/02 67 FR 3128
Final Action 07/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Tina Vay, Employment Service, Staffing and Restructuring Policy Division, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-0830
Fax: 202 606-0390

RIN:

3206-AJ43

3373. TIME-IN-GRADE RESTRICTIONS

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 3301; 5 USC 3302; EO 10577

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 300

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

Eliminates requirement that employees serve one year in-grade to be eligible for promotion above the GS-5 level. This is separate from the qualifications requirement for one year's experience at the next lowest grade or equivalent for promotion.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 06/15/94 59 FR 30717
NPRM Comment Period End 01/10/95 60 FR 2546
Final Action 06/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Tina Vay, Employment Service, Staffing and Restructuring Policy Division, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-0830
Fax: 202 606-0390

RIN:

3206-AG06

3374. PROMOTION AND INTERNAL PLACEMENT; ACCELERATED QUALIFICATIONS

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 3301; 5 USC 3302; 5 USC 3304

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 316; 5 CFR 335; 5 CFR 338

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

OPM will issue final regulations on Accelerated Qualifications only to authorize agencies to establish intensive training programs for acquiring qualifications at an accelerated rate.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 02/20/96 61 FR 6324
Final Action 12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Karen Jacobs, Employment Service, Staffing and Restructuring Policy Division, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-0830
Fax: 202 606-0023

RIN:

3206-AG19

3375. REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION LANGUAGE FOR VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 1302; 5 USC 3301; 5 USC 3302; 5 USC 3304(f); 5 USC 3327; ...

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 302; 5 CFR 317; 5 CFR 330; 5 CFR 333; 5 CFR 335

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

The Office of Personnel Management is publishing interim regulations requiring a reasonable accommodation statement in agency vacancy announcements.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 12/11/01 66 FR 63905
Interim Final Rule Effective 01/10/02
Final Action 05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Linda Watson, Employment Service, Examining and Qualification Policy Division, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-0830
Fax: 202 606-0023
Email: lmwatson@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AJ11

3376. RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION THROUGH COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 3301; 5 USC 3302

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 332

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

OPM is issuing an interim regulation to allow agencies to decide how candidates are referred for competitive appointment when agencies fill multiple vacancies simultaneously. We are codifying a long-standing practice (5 U.S.C. 3301 and 3302) of providing agencies with the option of either certifying a candidate for only one vacancy at a time, or certifying a candidate simultaneously for all vacancies for which that candidate expresses an interest, is eligible, and is within reach.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 02/15/02 67 FR 7055
Interim Final Rule Effective 02/15/02
Final Action 05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Suzy Barker, Director, Examination and Qualification Policy Division, Office of Personnel Management, Employment Service, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-0830
Fax: 202 606-0390
Email: smbarker@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AJ52

3377. OFFICIAL DUTY STATION DETERMINATIONS FOR PAY PURPOSES

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 5305; 5 USC 5304; 5 USC 5941; EO 10000; PL 101-509, sec 404

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 530; 5 CFR 531; 5 CFR 591

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

These proposed regulations would clarify the location-based pay entitlements of Federal employees who are detailed or temporarily assigned to work at a new location, including telework situations. Location-based pay entitlements include locality payments, special salary rates, and nonforeign area cost-of-living allowances.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 05/09/97 62 FR 25423
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End 07/08/97
Final Action 03/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Jeanne D. Jacobson, Workforce Compensation and Performance Service, Office of Personnel Management, Office of Compensation Administration, 1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-2858
Fax: 202 606-4264
Email: payleave@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AH84

3378. HOLIDAYS AND PREMIUM PAY

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 5548; 5 USC 6133; 29 USC 204(f)

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 532; 5 CFR 550; 5 CFR 551; 5 CFR 610

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

These final regulations implement changes in law that provide: 1) authority for compensatory time off for prevailing rate (wage) employees in lieu of overtime pay; and 2) agency flexibility in determining the "in lieu of" holiday for employees on compressed work schedules when the actual holiday for the employee is on a non-workday. A current regulation is also corrected to comply with a provision of law authorizing use of alternative work schedules for civilian nonappropriated fund employees of the armed services.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 05/23/97 62 FR 28305
Final Action 01/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Jeanne D. Jacobson, Workforce Compensation and Performance Service, Office of Personnel Management, Office of Compensation Administration, 1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-2858
Fax: 202 606-4264
Email: payleave@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AH86

3379. PREVAILING RATE SYSTEMS; DEFINITION OF SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, TO A NONAPPROPRIATED FUND WAGE AREA

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 5343

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 532

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

Because of the construction of a new Army and Air Force Exchange service distribution depot at the Sharpe Army Depot in San Joaquin County, California, the Office of Personnel Management will establish a new nonappropriated fund Federal Wage System wage area for San Joaquin County. Pay for Federal blue-collar workers who are paid from nonappropriated funds in the new San Joaquin wage area will be based on local wage surveys ordered to begin in February of each year.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 01/23/02 67 FR 3035
Final Action 05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Chenty I. Carpenter, Workforce Compensation and Performance Service, Office of Personnel Management, Office of Compensation Administration, 1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-2848
Fax: 202 606-4264
Email: cicarpen@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AJ35

3380. ¤ PREVAILING RATE SYSTEMS; CHANGE IN THE SURVEY CYCLE FOR THE PORTLAND, OREGON, WAGE AREA

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 5343

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 532

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

To improve administration of local wage surveys for Federal Wage System employees in the Portland, OR, wage area, the Office of Personnel Management will change the dates of full-scale wage surveys in the wage area from August of each odd numbered fiscal year to August of each even numbered fiscal year.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 04/24/02 67 FR 20009
Interim Final Rule Effective 04/24/02
Final Action 12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Chenty I. Carpenter, Workforce Compensation and Performance Service, Office of Personnel Management, Office of Compensation Administration, 1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-2848
Fax: 202 606-4264
Email: cicarpen@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AJ60

3381. ¤ PREVAILING RATE SYSTEMS; DEFINITION OF SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA, NONAPPROPRIATED FUND WAGE AREA

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 5343

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 532

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

Because of the closure of the Army and Air Force Exchange Service Oakland Distribution Center, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is abolishing the Alameda-Contra Costa, CA, nonappropriated fund Federal Wage System wage area. OPM will establish a new Santa Clara, CA, nonappropriated fund wage area with Santa Clara County defined as the wage area's survey area and Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Mateo Counties defined as the wage area's area of application.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 07/00/02
Final Action 12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Chenty I. Carpenter, Workforce Compensation and Performance Service, Office of Personnel Management, Office of Compensation Administration, 1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-2848
Fax: 202 606-4264
Email: cicarpen@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AJ61

3382. BASIC PAY FOR EMPLOYEES OF TEMPORARY ORGANIZATIONS

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 3161(d)

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 534

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

The Office of Personnel Management is issuing final regulations on setting the rate of basic pay for employees of temporary organizations, as defined in 5 U.S.C. 3161(a).

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 01/05/02 67 FR 3581
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End 03/26/02
Final Action 08/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Jeanne D. Jacobson, Workforce Compensation and Performance Service, Office of Personnel Management, Office of Compensation Administration, 1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-2858
Fax: 202 606-4264
Email: payleave@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AJ47

3383. PAY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS JUDGE POSITIONS

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 5372b

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 534, subpart F

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

These interim regulations implement a pay system for administrative appeals judge positions. The administrative appeals judge pay system was recently authorized to cover positions that are not classifiable above GS-15 and for which the duties primarily involve reviewing decisions of administrative law judges. OPM is issuing regulations to ensure that agencies implement and administer the administrative appeals judge pay system in a consistent and equitable manner.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 12/11/01 66 FR 63906
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End 02/11/02
Final Action 06/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Jeanne D. Jacobson, Workforce Compensation and Performance Service, Office of Personnel Management, Office of Compensation Administration, 1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-2858
Fax: 202 606-4264
Email: payleave@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AJ44

3384. GRADE AND PAY RETENTION

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 5361; 5 USC 5366

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 536

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

The Office of Personnel Management is issuing final regulations giving agencies discretionary authority to grant pay retention to certain employees moving to positions under pay systems other than the General Schedule or the Federal Wage System. This new flexibility will allow agencies to prevent eligible employees from suffering a reduction in pay that would otherwise result from a management action.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 05/25/00 65 FR 33785
Final Action 01/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Sharon Herzberg, Workforce Compensation and Performance Service, Office of Personnel Management, Office of Compensation Administration, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-2858
Fax: 202 606-4264
Email: payleave@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AI88

3385. PAY ADMINISTRATION; AVAILABILITY PAY FOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 5545(h); 5 USC 5548

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 550

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

These final regulations will clarify a number of issues relating to the administration of availability pay, a form of premium pay for criminal investigators who are required to work, or be available to work, substantial amounts of unscheduled overtime duty based on the needs of the employing agency.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 12/23/94 59 FR 66149
Second Interim Final Rule 01/29/99 64 FR 4517
Final Action 03/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Kevin Kitchelt, Workforce Compensation and Performance Service, Office of Personnel Management, Office of Compensation Administration, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-2858
Fax: 202 606-4264
Email: payleave@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AJ49

3386. ¤ PREMIUM PAY LIMITATIONS

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 5547; 5 USC 5548

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 550

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

The Office of Personnel Management is issuing interim regulations to implement recent statutory amendments dealing with the premium pay limitations for Federal employees. Those amendments raise the premium pay caps for most employees, provide authority to use an annual cap instead of a biweekly cap in additional circumstances, and make certain other changes.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 04/19/02 67 FR 19319
Interim Final Rule Effective 04/29/02
Final Action 10/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Bryce Baker, Workforce Compensation and Performance Service, Office of Personnel Management, Office of Compensation Administration, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-2858
Fax: 202 606-4264
Email: payleave@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AJ56

3387. ¤ ADMINISTRATIVELY UNCONTROLLABLE OVERTIME PAY

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 5547

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 550.151

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

The Office of Personnel Management is issuing interim regulations concerning the rules governing payment of administratively uncontrollable overtime (AUO) pay. This interim rule permits agencies to pay AUO pay to an employee during a temporary assignment that would not otherwise warrant the payment of AUO pay, if the temporary assignment is directly related to a national emergency.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 01/13/02 67 FR 6640
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End 04/15/02
Final Action 10/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Kevin Kitchelt, Workforce Compensation and Performance Service, Office of Personnel Management, Office of Compensation Administration, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-2858
Fax: 202 606-4264
Email: payleave@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AJ57

3388. REPEAL OF DUAL COMPENSATION REDUCTION FOR MILITARY RETIREES

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 8344; 5 USC 8468

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 553

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

The Office of Personnel Management is publishing final regulations to implement the repeal of reduction in military retired or retainer pay required of some military retirees in civilian positions.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 04/12/00 65 FR 19643
Interim Final Rule Effective 04/12/00
Final Action 05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Larry Lorenz, Employment Service, Staffing and Restructuring Policy Division, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-0830

RIN:

3206-AI92

3389. RETENTION ALLOWANCES

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Other Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Legal Authority:

5 USC 5754

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 575, subpart C

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

These final regulations would provide agencies with greater flexibility in the use of retention allowances by allowing them to pay such allowances to employees who are likely to leave their position for other Federal employment under certain limited circumstances.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 01/10/01 66 FR 5491
NPRM Comment Period End 03/20/01
Final Action 05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Jeanne D. Jacobson, Workforce Compensation and Performance Service, Office of Personnel Management, Office of Compensation Administration, 1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-2858
Fax: 202 606-4264
Email: payleave@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AJ48

3390. VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE REPAYMENT WAIVERS

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

PL 103-226

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 576

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

Public Law 103-226 authorized OPM to waive repayment of a voluntary separation incentive payment under certain circumstances if a former employee, who accepted the incentive payment, is reemployed by an executive agency of the United States within five years of separation. Later Public Laws, written for specific agencies, usually contain a waiver of repayment provision.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 11/09/94 59 FR 55808
Final Action 05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Charles Gray, Employee Service, Office of Personnel Management, Staffing Restructuring Policy Division, 1900 E Street NW., Wasington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-0960

RIN:

3206-AG20

3391. COST-OF-LIVING ALLOWANCES (NONFOREIGN AREAS);COMMISSARY/EXCHANGE RATES; SURVEY FREQUENCY; GRADUAL REDUCTIONS

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 5941

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 591

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing regulations to implement recent amendments to Executive Order 10000 regarding nonforeign area cost-of-living allowances (COLAs). There regulations eliminate the separate COLA rate paid to Federal employees with commissary and exchange privileges; allow OPM to conduct COLA surveys less frequently; and permit OPM to reduce COLA rates gradually regardless of the cause of the reduction. These changes will accomplish several of the provisions agreed upon under a recent settlement of litigation concerning nonforeign area COLAs.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 11/09/01 66 FR 56751
Interim Final Rule Effective 11/09/01
Final Action 05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Kurt Springmann, Workforce Compensation and Performance Service, Office of Personnel Management, Office of Compensation Administration, 1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-2838
Fax: 202 606-4264
Email: cola@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AJ40

3392. COST-OF-LIVING ALLOWANCES (NONFOREIGN AREAS); METHODOLOGY CHANGES

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 5941

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 591

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is making wide-ranging changes in the methodology used to determined nonforeign area cost-of-living allowances (COLAs). OPM is implementing these changes pursuant to the settlement of litigation regarding the COLA program.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 11/09/01 66 FR 56741
Final Action 05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Kurt Springmann, Workforce Compensation and Performance Service, Office of Personnel Management, Office of Compensation Administration, 1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-2838
Fax: 202 606-4264
Email: cola@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AJ41

3393. RETIREMENT; COVERAGE—NONAPPROPRIATED FUND INSTRUMENTALITIES

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 8347

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 831; 5 CFR 837; 5 CFR 841 to 844; 5 CFR 847

Legal Deadline:

Final, Statutory, August 9, 1996.

Abstract:

These regulations implement the provisions of Public Law 104-106 and Public Law 107-107, which allow certain employees, who have been employed by nonappropriated fund instrumentalities under the jurisdiction of the armed forces, to obtain retirement credit under limited circumstances.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 08/09/96 61 FR 41714
Interim Final Rule 06/00/02
Final Action 12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

James Giuseppe, Retirement and Insurance Service, Retirement Policy Center, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-0299
Email: combox@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AH57

3394. COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 8347(a); 5 USC 8361(g); PL 105-33, sec 11202(f), 11232(e), 11246(b); PL 106-522, sec 145

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 831; 5 CFR 837; 5 CFR 842; 5 CFR 846; 5 CFR 870; 5 CFR 890

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

These regulations implement provisions of the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, which requires that nonjudicial employees of the District of Columbia Courts, and under certain conditions, the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee, and the District of Columbia Pretrial Services, Parole, Adult Probation and Offender Supervision Trustee and their respective employees be considered Federal employees for purposes of Federal retirement, health, and life insurance coverage.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 09/30/97 62 FR 50995
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End 12/01/97
Final Action 03/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Robert Girouard, Retirement and Insurance Service, Retirement Policy Center, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-0299
Email: combox@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AI02

3395. RETIREMENT, HEALTH, AND LIFE INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNDER THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS AND JUSTICE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS ACT OF 1998

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

PL 105-274

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 831; 5 CFR 837; 5 CFR 842; 5 CFR 846; 5 CFR 870; 5 CFR 890

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

These interim regulations implement the District of Columbia Courts and Justice Technical Corrections Act of 1998. The effect of these regulations is to extend Federal retirement, health insurance, and life insurance coverage to employees of the Public Defender Service of the District of Columbia under section 7 of the Act, and to exclude certain former employees of the District of Columbia, who are hired by the Department of Justice or by the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency, from Federal retirement coverage if they elect, under section 3 of the Act, to continue their coverage under a retirement system for employees of the District of Columbia.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 03/31/99 64 FR 15286
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End 06/29/99
Final Action 03/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Robert Girouard, Retirement and Insurance Service, Retirement Policy Center, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-0299
Email: combox@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AI55

3396. RETIREMENT; STATE INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING INSTRUMENTALITIES

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 8345; 5 USC 8347; 5 USC 8461; 5 USC 8469

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 831, subpart S; 5 CFR 841, subpart J

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

These regulations modify existing regulations to reflect changes designed to expand and streamline the process of withholding State income tax from CSRS and FERS annuities.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 06/23/99 64 FR 33429
Final Action 12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Patricia A. Rochester, Retirement and Insurance Service, Retirement Policy Center, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-0299
Email: combox@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AH62

3397. CORRECTION OF RETIREMENT COVERAGE ERRORS UNDER THE FEDERAL ERRONEOUS RETIREMENT COVERAGE CORRECTION ACT

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

PL 106-265

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 839

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

The Office of Personnel Management is amending its regulations to include new rules for correcting certain retirement coverage errors. We are amending the regulations to implement the provisions of the Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act (the FERCCA), title II of Public Law 106-265. The regulations will allow agencies to correct affected coverage errors.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 03/19/01 66 FR 15605
Interim Final Rule Effective 03/19/01
Final Action 12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

James Giuseppe, Retirement and Insurance Service, Retirement Policy Center, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-0299
Email: combox@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AJ38

3398. RETIREMENT; GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:

5 USC 8347

CFR Citation: (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

5 CFR 841

Legal Deadline:

None

Abstract:

These regulations would allow an agency to retain the individual retirement record when an employee transfers within the same agency even though the employee would be serviced by another intra-agency payroll.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 04/20/00 65 FR 21119
Interim Final Rule Effective 04/20/00
Final Action 10/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

No

Small Entities Affected:

No

Government Levels Affected:

None

Agency Contact:

Robert Girouard, Retirement and Insurance Service, Retirement Policy Center, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202 606-0299
Email: combox@opm.gov

RIN:

3206-AI83

3399. FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' GROUP LIFE INSURANCE PROGRAM: MISCELLANEOUS CHANGES AND CLARIFICATIONS

Agency:

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Priority:

Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: