[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 57 (Wednesday, March 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14465-14466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7586]


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FEDERAL SERVICE IMPASSES PANEL


Notice of Proposed Agency Information Collection Activity; 
Request for Public Comment

AGENCY: Federal Service Impasses Panel.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Service Impasses Panel (Panel) is soliciting 
public comments on FLRA Form 14, Request for Assistance, as described 
below, prior to submission of the proposal to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended).

DATES: Comments due: May 26, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and should 
be sent to: H. Joseph Schimansky, Executive Director, Federal Service 
Impasses Panel, 607 14th St., N.W., Suite 220, Washington, D.C. 20424-
0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the proposed information collection should be directed to H. 
Joseph Schimansky, Executive Director, Federal Service Impasses Panel, 
(202) 482-6670, 607 14th St., N.W., Suite 220, Washington, D.C. 20424-
0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Panel will submit the proposed 
information collection to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995.
    This Notice solicits comments from members of the public and 
affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information. 
The comments will be used to: (1) Evaluate whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the Panel, including whether the information will have 
practical utility; (2) evaluate the accuracy of the Panel's estimate of 
the burden of the proposed collection of information; (3) enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 
(4) minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who 
are to respond.
    This Notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: Request for Assistance.
    OMB Number: 3070-0007.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection, with 
minor changes.
    Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use: The 
information to be collected by FLRA 14, Request for Assistance, is 
required for the Panel to be able to process and decide collective 
bargaining impasses arising under the Federal Service Labor-Management 
Relations Statute, 5 U.S.C. Sec. 7119. The information collected on the 
form is to be used to enable Panel staff employees to contact affected 
parties in impasse proceedings, and to enable staff employees to take 
the necessary steps to begin the processing of the Request for 
Assistance. The form will be provided to members of the public who 
request the form from the Panel, to enable those members of the public 
to initiate an impasse proceeding before the Panel. The petition form 
is filed with the Panel's office. Use of the form is not required to 
obtain Panel assistance, however, so long as the written request by a 
party for assistance contains the information requested on the form.
    The document lists the following information: (1) The title of the 
information collection; (2) identification of the parties and 
individuals authorized to act on their behalf, including facsimile 
numbers; (3) statement of issues at impasse and the summary of 
positions of the initiating party or parties with respect to those 
issues; (4) a description of the bargaining unit along with the number 
of employees included; (5) the expiration date of the parties' labor

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agreement; (6) the number, length, and dates of negotiation and 
mediation sessions held, including the nature and extent of all other 
voluntary arrangements utilized; (7) if approval of binding arbitration 
is requested, a statement as to whether any of the proposals to be 
submitted to the arbitrator contain questions concerning the duty to 
bargain, a statement of each party's position concerning such 
questions, and a description of the arbitration procedures to be used; 
(8) if the impasse arises from an agency determination not to establish 
or terminate a compressed work schedule under the Federal Employees 
Flexible and Compressed Work Schedules Act, the schedule or proposed 
schedule which is the subject of the agency's determination and the 
finding on which the determination is based, including, in the case 
where the finding is made by a duly authorized delegatee, evidence of a 
specific delegation of authority to make such a finding; (9) the name 
and signature of the party or parties filing the request; and (10) an 
estimate of the total annual reporting hours and record keeping burden.
    Members of the Affected Public: Federal employees representing 
Federal agencies in their capacity as employer, and Federal employees 
and employees of labor organizations that are representing those labor 
organizations, are the members of the public who may file the Request 
for Assistance form.
    Estimation of the Total Numbers of Hours Needed to Prepare the 
Information Collection: It should normally take a party no longer than 
one hour to complete the Request for Assistance form for filing with 
the Panel. In FY 1997, 148 requests for assistance were filed with the 
Panel.

    Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. Chap. 35, as amended.

    Dated: March, 19, 1998.
H. Joseph Schimansky,
Executive Director, Federal Service Impasses Panel.
[FR Doc. 98-7586 Filed 3-24-98; 8:45 am]
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