[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 19, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 79320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32286]


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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

5 CFR Part 532

RIN 3206-AJ30


Prevailing Rate Systems; Change in the Survey Cycle for the 
Pennington, SD, Nonappropriated Fund Wage Area

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Proposed rule with request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a proposed rule 
that would change the timing of local wage surveys in the Pennington, 
South Dakota, nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage System (FWS) wage 
area. The change would help balance the workload for the Department of 
Defense and improve the amount and quality of data it collects during 
local annual wage surveys in the Pennington wage area.

DATES: The Office of Personnel Management must receive comments by 
January 18, 2001.

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) 606-8359; 
by FAX at (202) 606-4264; or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Defense (DOD) has 
requested that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) change the 
timing of local wage surveys in the Pennington, South Dakota, 
nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area. Full-
scale wage surveys currently begin in January of each even-numbered 
fiscal year. Full-scale wage surveys would begin in the future in June 
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, reasonable 
distribution of workload of the lead agency, 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 Pennington wage area to June of even fiscal years to help avoid the 
problems created by inclement weather in western South Dakota during 
the month of January and to balance the overall workload of its NAF 
survey office. DOD would conduct its regular wage-change survey in 
January 2001, then it would conduct full-scale wage surveys in 
Pennington County in June 2001 and June 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 Pennington NAF wage area from January 
of even-numbered fiscal years to June of even-numbered fiscal years.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    I certify that this regulation would not have a significant 
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities because it 
would 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.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Janice R. Lachance,
Director.

    Accordingly, the Office of Personnel Management proposes to amend 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 B to Subpart B is amended by revising under the 
State of South Dakota the listing of beginning month of survey from 
``January'' to ``June'' for the Pennington NAF wage area.

[FR Doc. 00-32286 Filed 12-18-00; 8:45 am]
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