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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management is issuing final regulations on the physicians' comparability allowance program. We have rewritten these regulations in a question-and-answer format to improve reader understanding and administration of this program.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vicki Draper by telephone at (202) 606-2858; by fax at (202) 606-0824; or by email at pay-performance-policy@opm.gov.
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SUMMARY: The President adjusted the rates of basic pay and locality payments for certain categories of Federal employees effective in January 2004. This notice documents those pay adjustments for the public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carey Johnson, Center for Pay and Performance Policy, Division for Strategic Human Resources Policy, Office of Personnel Management; (202) 606-2858; FAX (202) 606-0824; or e-mail to pay-performance-policy@opm.gov.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management is issuing final regulations to implement a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004, which modified the hourly overtime pay cap for certain Federal employees who are exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vicki Draper by telephone at (202) 606-2858; by FAX at (202) 606-0824; or by e-mail at pay-performance-policy@opm.gov.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a final rule to create a Federal Wage System appropriated fund optional survey job of Electronic Industrial Controls Mechanic, WG-11. The new title and grade level will best reflect the occupational title and the level of work used by private industry.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madeline Gonzalez at (202) 606-2838; FAX at (202) 606-4264; or e-mail at pay-performance-policy@opm.gov.
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According to the provisions of section 10 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given that meetings of the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee will be held on:
Thursday, May 20, 2004
Thursday, June 3, 2004
Thursday, June 17, 2004
Thursday, July 15, 2004
Thursday, July 29, 2004
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act, as amended, the notice announces a computer matching program that OPM plans to conduct with CMS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Marc Flaster, Chief, Management Information Branch 1900 E Street, NW., Room 4316 Washington, DC 20415, telephone number (202) 606-2115.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Public Law 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 (OMB) a request for review of a revised information collection. RI 94-7, Death Benefit Payment Rollover Election for Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), provides FERS surviving spouses and former spouses with the means to elect payment of FERS rollover-eligible benefits directly or to an Individual Retirement Arrangement.
For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on (202) 606-8358, FAX (202) 418-3251 or via E-mail to mbtoomey@opm.gov. Please include a mailing address with your request.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a request for clearance of an expiring information collection. The OF 306, Declaration for Federal Employment is completed by applicants who are under consideration for Federal employment.
For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on (202) 606-8358, FAX (202) 418-3251 or via E-mail to mbtoomey@opm.gov. Please include a mailing address with your request.
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