[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 140 (Wednesday, July 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 39303]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19496]



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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT


Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Review of an Information 
Collection: Court Orders Affecting Retirement Benefits

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 
L. 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. Court 
Orders Affecting Retirement Benefits, requires former spouses of 
Federal employees to provide specific information needed for OPM to 
make court-ordered benefit payments. This information is needed to 
identify affected employees and to certify that the court-order remains 
in effect.
    Approximately 19,000 former spouses apply for benefits based on 
court orders annually. We estimate it takes approximately 30 minutes to 
apply. The annual burden is 9,500 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 August 
21, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to--

Mary Ellen Wilson, Acting Chief, Retirement Policy Division, Retirement 
and Insurance Service, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E 
Street, NW, Room 4351, Washington, DC 20415
    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 & Administrative Services Division, (202) 606-0623, 
U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Janice R. Lachance,
Director.
[FR Doc. 98-19496 Filed 7-21-98; 8:45 am]
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