[Federal Register: March 18, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 52)]
[Notices]
[Page 13292]

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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT


Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Review of an Information
Collection; Court Orders Affecting Retirement Benefits

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of
Personnel Management (OPM) intends to submit to the Office of
Management and Budget a request for review of an information
collection. Court Orders Affecting Retirement Benefits, requires former
spouses of Federal employees to provide specific information needed for
OPM to make court-ordered benefit payments. This information is needed
to identify affected employees and to certify that the court-order
remains in effect.
    Approximately 12,000 former spouses apply for benefits based on
court orders annually. We estimate it takes approximately 6 minutes to
apply. The annual burden is 1,200 hours.
    Comments are particularly invited on:

--whether this collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of functions of the Office of Personnel Management, and
whether it will have practical utility;
--whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection is
accurate, and based on valid assumptions and methodology; and
--ways in which we can minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to respond, through use of the appropriate
technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.

    For copies of this proposal, contact Jim Farron on (202) 418-3208,
or E-mail to jmfarron@opm.gov.

DATES: Comments on this proposal should be received on or before May
18, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to--Mary Ellen Wilson, Acting
Chief, Retirement Policy Division, Retirement and Insurance Service,
U.S. Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street, NW, Room 4351,
Washington, DC 20415.

FOR INFORMATION REGARDING ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATION--CONTACT:
Mary
Beth Smith-Toomey, Budget & Administrative Services Division, (202)
606-0623.
Office of Personnel Management.
Janice R. Lachance,
Director.
[FR Doc. 98-6939 Filed 3-17-98; 8:45 am]
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