[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67924-67925]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33878]


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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT


Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Review of a New 
Information Collection: Form RI 25-51

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) intends to submit to the Office of 
Management and Budget a request for review of a new information 
collection. RI 25-51, Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) Survivor 
Annuitant Express Pay Application for Death Benefits, will be used by 
the Civil Service Retirement System solely to pay benefits to the 
widow(er) of an annuitant. The application is intended for use in 
immediately authorizing payments to an annuitant's widow or widower, 
based on the report of death, when our records show the decedent 
elected to provide benefits for the applicant.
    Comments are particularly invited on: Whether this collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of functions of the 
Office of Personnel Management, and whether it will have practical 
utility; whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection 
of information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and 
methodology; and ways in which we can minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on those who are to respond, through the use 
of appropriate technological collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.
    Approximately 22,000 RI 25-51 forms will be completed annually. We 
estimate it takes approximately 30 minutes to complete the form. The 
annual estimated burden is 11,000 hours.

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    For copies of this proposal, contact Jim Farron on (202) 418-3208, 
or E-mail to [email protected]

DATES: Comments on this proposal should be received by March 2, 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.

FOR INFORMATION REGARDING ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATION--CONTACT: Mary 
Beth Smith-Toomey, Budget & Administrative Services Division, (202) 
606-0623.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Janice R. Lachance,
Director.
[FR Doc. 97-33878 Filed 12-29-97; 8:45 am]
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