[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 67 (Thursday, April 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 18143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-8399]


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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT


Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Review of a New 
Information Collection; OPM Form 1644

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. OPM Form 1644, Child Care Provider Information: Care 
Tuition Assistance Program for Federal Employees, is used to verify 
that child care providers are licensed and/or regulated by local and/or 
State authorities. Agencies need to know that child care providers to 
whom they make disbursements in the form of tuition assistance 
subsidies, are licensed and/or regulated by local and/or State 
authorities.
    Pub. L. 106-58, passed by Congress on September 29, 1999, permits 
Federal agencies to use appropriated funds to help their lower income 
employees with their costs for child care. It is up to the agencies to 
decide on whether to implement this law. This is a new law and the 
extent to which it will be implemented, including the number of 
providers that will be involved, cannot be easily predicted. The form 
will take approximately 10 minutes to complete by each provider. The 
annual estimated burden is 83.5 hours.
    Comments are particularly invited on:

--Whether the form adequately captures the information needed to verify 
child care provider State and/or local licensure and regulation.
--Whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection 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 use of the appropriate 
technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

    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 April 
16, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to:

Anice V. Nelson, Director, Family-Friendly Workplace Advocacy Office, 
U.S. Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E St. NW, Washington, DC 
20415.

    And

Joseph Lackey, Agency Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, 
725 17th St. NW Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.


FOR INFORMATION REGARDING ADMINISTRATION COORDINATION CONTACT:  Pat 
Kinney, Work/Life Team Leader, Family-Friendly Workplace Advocacy 
Office, (202) 606-1313.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Janice R. Lachance,
Director.
[FR Doc. 00-8399 Filed 4-5-00; 8:45 am]
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