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U. S. Office of Personnel Management
FEDERAL REGISTER DOCUMENTS
October 1998
October 26, 1998: Student Educational Employment Program; Final Rule
- The Office of Personnel Management is issuing final
regulations governing the Student Educational Employment Program. The
regulations recodify the two components of the Program; implement
Executive Order 13024, which permits noncompetitive conversion of
certain employees of the Student Educational Employment Program to term
appointments; clarify certain definitions; and make related editorial
changes to part 315. Further information may be obtained from Michael J. Mahoney at <mjmahone@opm.gov>. [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]
October 21, 1998: Report on 1997 Surveys Used to Determine Cost-of-Living Allowances in Nonforeign Areas; Notice
- This notice publishes the "Report on 1997 Surveys Used to
Determine Cost-of-Living Allowances in Nonforeign Areas." The results
of the surveys are used to determine cost-of-living allowances (COLAs)
paid to General Schedule, U.S. Postal Service, and certain other
Federal employees in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
This report provides the basis for an increase in the COLA rate for the
City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, allowance area being published by
OPM in the interim rulemaking immediately below. Further information may be obtained from Donald L. Paquin at <COLA@opm.gov>. [Federal Register Notice: PDF (793K File) or text (589K File)]
October 21, 1998: Cost-of-Living Allowances (Nonforeign Areas); Honolulu, HI; Interim Rule
- The Office of Personnel Management is publishing an
interim regulation to increase the cost-of-living allowance (COLA) rate
paid to General Schedule, U.S. Postal Service, and certain other
Federal employees in the City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii. This
regulation increases the Honolulu COLA rate from 22.5 percent to 25
percent. Additionally, OPM is broadening the composition of the
Miscellaneous Expense Category used in the COLA methodology. This amendment will permit OPM additional flexibility in organizing survey data under the COLA model. Further information may be obtained from Donald L. Paquin at <COLA@opm.gov>. [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]
October 21, 1998: Cost-of-Living Allowances (Nonforeign Areas); Kauai, Honolulu, HI; U.S. Virgin Islands; Final Rules
- The Office of Personnel Management published an interim
regulation for comment on March 25, 1997, (62 FR 14188) to increase the
cost-of-living allowance (COLA) rates paid to General Schedule, U.S.
Postal Service, and certain other Federal employees in Kauai County,
Hawaii, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The effect of this interim
regulation was to raise the COLA rate for Kauai County from 20 percent
to 22.5 percent, and to raise the COLA rate for the U.S. Virgin Islands
from 17.5 percent to 20 percent. We are adopting the rates as final without change. Further information may be obtained from Donald L. Paquin at <COLA@opm.gov>. [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text] See also implementation date correction published November 13, 1998
October 15, 1998: Federal Employees Health Benefits Program Improving Carrier
Performance; Conforming Changes; Final Rule
- The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a final
regulation that implements OPM's initiative to ensure high quality
customer service to its enrollees in the Federal Employees Health
Benefits (FEHB) Program by establishing a performance evaluation
program that will hold community-rated carriers accountable for their
performance. Further information may be obtained from Mary Ann Mercer at <mamercer@opm.gov>. [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]
October 13, 1998: Prevailing Rate Systems; Environmental Differential Pay for
Working at High Altitudes; Proposed Rule
- The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a proposed
regulation to establish an 8 percent environmental differential pay
(EDP) category for Federal Wage System (FWS) employees who work at
land-based worksites located at more than 3900 meters (12,795 feet) in
altitude, provided such employees are required to commute to their
worksites on the same day from a substantially lower altitude under
circumstances in which the rapid change in altitude may result in
acclimation problems. Further information may be obtained from Mark A. Allen at <maallen@opm.gov>. [Federal Register Notice: PDF or text]
October 5, 1998: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request for Reclearance of a
Revised Information Collection
- Announces that the Office of
Personnel Management has submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget a request for reclearance of a revised information
collection. SF 3106, Application for Refund of Retirement Deductions,
and SF 3106A, Current/Former Spouse's Notification of Application for
Refund of Retirement Deductions, are used by former Federal employees
who contributed to the Federal Employee's Retirement System to receive
a refund of retirement deductions and any other money to their credit
in the Retirement fund. To obtain copies of this proposal please contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey at <mbtoomey@opm.gov>. [Federal Register Notice: PDF or text]
October 5, 1998: Performance Ratings; Final Rule
- The Office of Personnel Management is issuing final
regulations to codify longstanding policy regarding retroactive,
assumed, and carry-over ratings of record. These regulations amend the
performance management regulations to explicitly specify that ratings
of record are final upon issuance unless challenged by the employee,
and that retroactive, assumed, and carry-over ratings of record are
prohibited. Further information may be obtained from Barbara Colchao at <performance-management@opm.gov>. [Federal Register Regulation: PDF or text]
October 5, 1998: National Partnership Council Meeting
- Announces a meeting of the National Partnership Council on October 14, 1998. Further information may be obtained from Andrew M. Wasilisin at <amwasili@opm.gov>. [Federal Register Notice: PDF or text]
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