[Federal Register: April 24, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 79)]
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
5 CFR Part 532
RIN 3206-AJ60
Prevailing Rate Systems; Change in the Survey Cycle for the
Portland, OR, Appropriated Fund Wage Area
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Interim rule with request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management is issuing an interim rule
to change the timing of local wage surveys in the Portland, Oregon,
appropriated fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area. This change will
help the Department of Defense better balance its FWS wage survey
workload. DOD will conduct full-scale wage surveys in the Portland wage
area in August of each even-numbered fiscal year beginning in August
2002.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This interim rule is effective on April 24, 2002.
Comments must be received on or before May 24, 2002.
ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to Donald J. Winstead, Assistant
Director for Compensation Administration, Workforce Compensation and
Performance Service, Office of Personnel Management, Room 7H31, 1900 E
Street NW., Washington, DC 20415-8200, or FAX: (202) 606-4264.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chenty I. Carpenter at (202) 606-2838;
by FAX at (202) 606-4264; or by e-mail at cicarpen@opm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Defense (DOD) requested
that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) change the timing of
local wage surveys in the Portland, Oregon, appropriated fund Federal
Wage System (FWS) wage area. Full-scale wage surveys currently begin in
August of each odd-numbered fiscal year. Full-scale wage surveys will
begin in the future in August of each even-numbered fiscal year. Under
section
532.207 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, the scheduling of wage
surveys takes into consideration the best timing in relation to wage
adjustments in the principal local private enterprise establishments, a
reasonable distribution of the workload of the lead agency, the timing
of surveys for nearby wage areas, and scheduling relationships with
other pay surveys.
DOD asked OPM to change the starting time for local wage surveys in
the Portland, Oregon, wage area to August of even-numbered fiscal years
to balance the overall workload of its survey office. DOD conducted a
full scale survey in August of 2001 and will conduct another full-scale
wage survey in Portland in August 2002.
The Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee, the national labor-
management committee responsible for advising OPM on matters concerning
the pay of FWS employees, recommended by consensus that we change the
full-scale survey cycle for the Portland wage area from August of each
odd-numbered fiscal year to August of each even-numbered fiscal year.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
I certify that this regulation will not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small entities because it will affect
only Federal agencies and employees.
List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 532
Administrative practice and procedure, Freedom of information,
Government employees, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Wages.
Office of Personnel Management.
Kay Coles James,
Director.
Accordingly, the Office of Personnel Management amends 5 CFR part
532 as follows:
PART 532--PREVAILING RATE SYSTEMS
1. The authority citation for part 532 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5343, 5346; Sec. 532.707 also issued under 5
U.S.C. 552.
Appendix A to Subpart B of Part 532 [Amended]
2. Appendix A to subpart B of Part 532 is amended by revising
``odd'' to ``even'' under the heading Fiscal year of full-scale survey
under the State of Oregon for the Portland appropriated fund wage area.
[FR Doc. 02-9958 Filed 4-23-02; 8:45 am]
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