Submission for Review: Request for Case Review for Enhanced Disability Annuity Benefit, RI 20-123

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

Submission for Review: Request for Case Review for Enhanced Disability Annuity Benefit, RI 20-123

AGENCY:

Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

The Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on an extension, without change, of a currently approved information collection request (ICR), Request for Case Review for Enhanced Disability Annuity Benefit, RI 20-123.

DATES:

Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until April 3, 2017.

ADDRESSES:

Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on the proposed information collection to

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of Personnel Management or sent by email to

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov

or faxed to (202) 395-6974.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

A copy of this ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by contacting the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of Personnel Management or sent by email to

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov

or faxed to (202) 395-6974.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35) as amended by the Clinger-Cohen Act (Pub. L. 104-106), OPM is soliciting comments for this collection. This information collection (OMB No. 3206-0254) was previously published in the

Federal Register

on June 22, 2016 at 81 FR 40731 allowing for a 60-day public comment period. No comments were received for this information collection. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comments. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly interested in comments that:

1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of functions of OPM, including whether the information will have practical utility;

2. Evaluate the accuracy of OPM's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected;

4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology,

e.g.,

permitting electronic submissions of responses.

Form RI 20-123 is available only on the OPM Web site. It is used by retirees separated for disability and the survivors of retirees separated for disability to request that Retirement Operations review the computations of disability annuities to include the formulae provided in law for individuals who performed service as law enforcement officers, firefighters, nuclear materials carriers, air traffic controllers, Congressional employees, and Capitol and Supreme Court police.

Analysis

Agency:

Retirement Operations, Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management.

Title:

Request for Case Review for Enhanced Disability Annuity Benefit.

OMB Number:

3206-0254.

Frequency:

On occasion.

Affected Public:

Individuals or Households.

Number of Respondents:

100.

Estimated Time Per Respondent:

5 minutes.

Total Burden Hours:

25.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

Kathleen McGettigan,

Acting Director.

[FR Doc. 2017-04136 Filed 3-2-17; 8:45 am]

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