[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 154 (Monday, August 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47622-47623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20326]
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Submission for OMB Emergency Clearance and Review; Comment
Request for a Revision of a Currently Approved Collection: Presidential
Management Intern Program; Online Application and Resume Builder
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) submitted a request to the Office of
Management and Budget for emergency clearance and review of a revision
of a currently approved collection for an automated online application
and resume builder for the Presidential Management Intern (PMI)
Program. Approval of the PMI online application and resume builder is
necessary to facilitate the timely registration, nomination, selection
and placement of PMI finalists in Federal agencies.
The present OPM Form 1300, PMI Application, consists of a 6-page
scan-form in order to be nominated into the program. Graduate students
must fill out the form, attach a resume, and submit the form and
attachment to their school's nomination official. OPM
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received OMB approval last year, with an expiration of 12/31/2003, for
this collection of information. In order to meet Government Paperwork
Elimination Act (GPEA) requirements of automating government forms by
October 2003, OPM is developing an online application and resume
builder to substitute for the existing method of collection. Upon OMB
approval, the online application and resume builder will replace the
present scan-form, and OPM will transfer the form identifier of OPM
Form 1300 to the online version. An alternative paper-based application
will be made available for those applicants with disabilities and/or
inability to access the Internet.
The following significant changes have been made to the application
and nomination process: (1) The online application and resume builder
will replace the OPM Form 1300 scan-form with an electronic version
available through the PMI Web site; (2) the PMI Web site's Program
Overview will be updated to reflect the changes needed to complete the
online application and resume builder; (3) the online resume builder
will be structured similarly to the USAJOBS online resume builder; (4)
an accomplishment record containing three short essays has been added
to facilitate a first round of assessments for PMI finalists as a
prescreening tool; (5) data will be collected from all applicants and
not just those nominated by school officials; and (6) students will be
required to submit their applications by October 15, while the deadline
for schools to submit their nominees will remain October 31.
We estimate 5,000 applications will be received and processed in
the 2003/2004 open season for PMI applications. During the 2002/2003
open season OPM received approximately 2,800 nominees, a 24% increase
over the previous year and a 460% increase in the last 7 years. We
estimate students will need 2 hours to complete the online application
and resume builder and electronically submit it to their nominating
school official. In addition, we estimate school nominating officials
will need \1/2\ hour to receive, review and render a decision on the
student's application for nomination into the PMI program. The annual
estimated burden for nominees is 10,000 hours and 2,500 hours for
school nominating officials, for a total of 12,500 hours.
Comments are particularly invited on: Whether this information is
necessary for the proper performance of functions of the Office of
Personnel Management, and whether it will have practical utility;
whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection of
information 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 the use
of appropriate technological collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey at
(202) 606-8358, fax (202) 418-3251 or e-mail to [email protected].
Please include your complete mailing address with your request.
DATES: Comments on this proposal should be received within 5 calendar
days from the date of this publication. We are requesting OMB to take
action within 15 calendar days from the close of this Federal Register
Notice.
ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to: U.S. Office of Personnel
Management, HRPS[bs]CLCS[bs]PMIP,
ATTN: Rob Timmins, 1900 E Street, NW., Room 1425, Washington, DC 20415-
9820, e-mail: [email protected].
and
Allison Eydt, OPM Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget,
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, New Executive Office
Building, NW., Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.
Office of Personnel Management.
Kay Coles James,
Director.
[FR Doc. 03-20326 Filed 8-8-03; 8:45 am]
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