Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request for Review of an Information Collection: Information and Instructions on Your Reconsideration Rights, RI 38-47

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request for Review of an

Information Collection: Information and Instructions on Your

Reconsideration Rights, RI 38-47

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Notice.

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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) has submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget a request for review of an information collection.

Information and Instructions on Your Reconsideration Rights, RI 38-47,

outlines the procedures required to request reconsideration of an

initial OPM decision about Civil Service or Federal Employees

retirement, Retired Federal or Federal Employee Health Benefits

requests to enroll or change enrollment, or Federal Employees' Group

Life Insurance coverage. The forms list the procedures and time periods

required for requesting reconsideration.

Approximately 3,100 annuitants and survivors request

reconsideration annually. We estimate it takes approximately 45 minutes

to apply. The annual burden is 2325 hours.

For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on

(202) 606-8358, or E-mail to [email protected].

DATES: Comments on this proposal should be received on or before

October 22, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to--

Lorraine E. Dettman, Chief, Operations Support Division, Retirement and

Insurance Service, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street,

NW, Room 3349, Washington, DC 20415-0001

and

Joseph Lackey, OPM Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office

Building, NW, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR INFORMATION REGARDING ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATION--CONTACT: Donna

G. Lease, Budget and Administrative Services Division, (202) 606-0623.

Office of Personnel Management.

Janice R. Lachance,

Director.

[FR Doc. 98-25255 Filed 9-21-98; 8:45 am]

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