[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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