[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 13 (Friday, January 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2704-2705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1326]


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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT


Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Review of a Revised 
Information Collection: RI 38-45

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) intends to submit to the Office of 
Management and Budget a request for review of a revised information 
collection. RI 38-45, We Need the Social Security Number of the

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Person Named Below, is used by the Civil Service Retirement System and 
the Federal Employees Retirement System to identify the records of 
individuals with similar or the same names. It is also needed to report 
payments to the Internal Revenue Service.
    Comments are particularly invited on:

--Whether this collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of functions of OPM, and whether it will have practical 
utility;
--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.

    Approximately 3,000 RI 38-45 forms are completed annually. Each 
form requires approximately 5 minutes to complete. The annual estimated 
burden is 250 hours.
    For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on 
(202) 606-8358, FAX (202) 418-3251or E-mail to [email protected]. Please 
include a mailing address with your request.

DATES: Comments on this proposal should be received on or before March 
19, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to--Ronald W. Melton, Chief, 
Operations Support Division, Retirement and Insurance Service, U.S. 
Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street, NW, Room 3349A, 
Washington, DC 20415-3540.

For Information Regarding Administrative Coordination--Contact: Donna 
G. Lease, Team Leader, Forms Analysis and Design, Budget & 
Administrative Services Division, (202) 606-0623.

Office of Personnel Management.
Kay Coles James,
Director.
[FR Doc. 02-1326 Filed 1-17-02; 8:45 am]
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