[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 250 (Thursday, December 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 82413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-33270]


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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT


Proposed Collection; Emergency Request for Review of an 
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 (Pub. 
L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of 
Personnel Management (OPM) will submit to the Office of Management and 
Budget an emergency request for review of an expiring information 
collection. OPM Form 1644, Child Care Provider Information: Child 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. We 
estimate approximately 5000 OPM 1644 forms will be completed annually.
    The form will take approximately 10 minutes to complete by each 
provider. The annual estimated burden is 835 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 information collection 
strategies.

    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 
January 8, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to:

Patricia F. Kinney, Director, Office of Work/Life Programs, 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: Brooke 
L. Brewer, Work/Life Program Specialist, Office of Work/Life Programs, 
(202) 606-2012.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Janice R. Lachance,
Director.
[FR Doc. 00-33270 Filed 12-27-00; 8:45 am]
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