[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 42 (Monday, March 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9796-9797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4998]
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
Issuance of Transmittal Memorandum No. 24, Amending OMB Circular
No. A-76, ``Performance of Commercial Activities''
AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the
President.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This Transmittal Memorandum updates the annual Federal pay
raise assumptions and inflation factors used for computing the
government's in-house personnel and non-pay costs, as generally
provided in the President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2003.
DATES: All changes in the Transmittal Memorandum are effective
immediately and shall apply to all cost comparisons in process where
the government's in-house cost estimate has not been publicly revealed
before this date.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. David C. Childs, Office of Federal
Procurement Policy, NEOB, Room 9013, Office of Management and Budget,
725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503, Tel. No. (202) 395-6104.
Availability: Copies of the OMB Circular A-76, its Revised
Supplemental Handbook and currently applicable Transmittal Memoranda
changes may be obtained at the online OMB Homepage address (URL):
http:/www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/omb/circulars.
Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.,
Director.
February 26, 2002.
Circular No. A-76 (Revised)
Transmittal Memorandum No. 24
To the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies
Subject: Performance of Commercial Activities.
This Transmittal Memorandum updates the annual federal pay raise
assumptions and inflation factors used for computing the government's
in-house personnel and non-pay costs, as generally provided in the
President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2003.
The non-pay inflation factors are for purposes of A-76 cost
comparison determinations only. They reflect the generic non-pay
inflation assumptions used to develop the fiscal year 2003 budget
baseline estimates required by law. The law requires that a specific
inflation factor (GDP FY/FY chained price index) be used for this
purpose. These inflation factors should not be viewed as estimates of
expected inflation rates for major long-term procurement items or as an
estimate of inflation for any particular agency's non-pay purchases
mix.
Federal Pay Raise Assumptions
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Percent
Effective date ---------------------
Civilian Military
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January:
2001............................................ 3.7 3.7
2002............................................ 4.6 \1\ 6.9
2003............................................ 2.6 4.1
2004............................................ 3.4 3.4
2005............................................ 3.4 3.4
2006............................................ 3.4 3.4
2007............................................ 3.4 3.4
2008............................................ 3.4 3.4
2009............................................ 3.4 3.4
2010............................................ 3.4 3.4
2011............................................ 3.4 3.4
2012............................................ 3.4 3.4
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\1\ Average of various longevity- and rank-specific increases for
January 2002.
Non-Pay Categories (Supplies and Equipment, etc.)
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Fiscal year Percent
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2001.......................................................... 2.3
2002.......................................................... 2.2
2003.......................................................... 1.8
2004.......................................................... 1.7
2005.......................................................... 1.8
2006.......................................................... 1.9
2007.......................................................... 1.9
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2008.......................................................... 1.9
2009.......................................................... 1.9
2010.......................................................... 1.9
2011.......................................................... 1.9
2012.......................................................... 1.9
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The pay rates (including geographic pay differentials) that are in
effect for 2002 shall be included for the development of in-house
personnel costs. The pay raise factors provided for 2003 and beyond
shall be applied to all employees, with no assumption being made as to
how they will be distributed between possible locality and ECI-based
increases.
Agencies are reminded that OMB Circular No. A-76, Transmittal
Memoranda 1 through Transmittal Memorandum 14 are canceled. Transmittal
Memorandum No. 15 provides the Revised Supplemental Handbook, and is
dated March 27, 1996 (Federal Register, April 1, 1996, pages 14338-
14346). Transmittal Memoranda No. 16, 17, 18 and 19 (to the extent they
provided Circular A-76 federal pay raise and inflation factors) are
canceled. Transmittal Memorandum No. 20 provided changes to the Revised
Supplemental Handbook to implement the Federal Activities Inventory
Reform Act of 1998 (P.L. 105.270). Transmittal Memorandum No. 21
provided A-76 federal pay raise and inflation factor assumptions and is
canceled. Transmittal Memorandum No. 22 made technical changes to the
Revised Supplemental Handbook regarding the implementation of the FAIR
Act, A-76 administrative appeals, and the participation of directly
affected employees on A-76 Source Selection Boards and their evaluation
teams. Transmittal Memorandum No. 23, which provided last year's
Circular A-76 federal pay raise and inflation factor assumptions, is
hereby canceled.
Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.,
Director.
[FR Doc. 02-4998 Filed 3-01-02; 8:45 am]
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