[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 79 (Wednesday, April 24, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 20009]
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[FR Doc No: 02-9958]



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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

5 CFR Part 532

RIN 3206-AJ60


Prevailing Rate Systems; Change in the Survey Cycle for the 
Portland, OR, Appropriated Fund Wage Area

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Interim rule with request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management is issuing an interim rule 
to change the timing of local wage surveys in the Portland, Oregon, 
appropriated fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area. This change will 
help the Department of Defense better balance its FWS wage survey 
workload. DOD will conduct full-scale wage surveys in the Portland wage 
area in August of each even-numbered fiscal year beginning in August 
2002.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This interim rule is effective on April 24, 2002. 
Comments must be received on or before May 24, 2002.

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) 606-2838; 
by FAX at (202) 606-4264; or by e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Defense (DOD) requested 
that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) change the timing of 
local wage surveys in the Portland, Oregon, appropriated fund Federal 
Wage System (FWS) wage area. Full-scale wage surveys currently begin in 
August of each odd-numbered fiscal year. Full-scale wage surveys will 
begin in the future in August 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, a 
reasonable distribution of the workload of the lead agency, the 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 Portland, Oregon, wage area to August of even-numbered fiscal years 
to balance the overall workload of its survey office. DOD conducted a 
full scale survey in August of 2001 and will conduct another full-scale 
wage survey in Portland in August 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 Portland wage area from August of each 
odd-numbered fiscal year to August of each even-numbered fiscal year.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

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

Office of Personnel Management.
Kay Coles James,
Director.

    Accordingly, the Office of Personnel Management amends 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 A to subpart B of Part 532 is amended by revising 
``odd'' to ``even'' under the heading Fiscal year of full-scale survey 
under the State of Oregon for the Portland appropriated fund wage area.

[FR Doc. 02-9958 Filed 4-23-02; 8:45 am]
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