[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 74 (Friday, April 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 20653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8662]


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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request for a New Information 
Collection: General Population Rental Equivalency Survey

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION:  Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-
13, May 22, 1995), the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a request for a review 
of a new information collection. OPM plans to conduct a General 
Population Rental Equivalency Survey (GPRES) on a one-time basis to 
collect information on actual and estimated rents and rental 
characteristics from homeowners and renters in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, 
Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Washington, DC, area.
    OPM will use this information to determine whether (1) differences 
between homeowner rent estimates and rental rates for comparable 
housing vary among the nonforeign cost-of-living allowance (COLA) areas 
and the Washington, DC, area; (2) rents vary among areas based on how 
long renters live in their rental units; and (3) rental data collected 
in GPRES differ on average from rental data that OPM collects in the 
COLA surveys. OPM regulations, adopted pursuant to the stipulation of 
settlement in Caraballo v. United States, No. 1997-0027 (D.V.I.), 
August 17, 2000, require the survey of rents and rental equivalence 
(homeowner estimates of the rental value of their homes).
    OPM will collect information from approximately 5,000 to 8,000 
respondents and estimates the total time per respondent will be 8 
minutes, for a total burden of 670 to 1070 hours.
    For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on 
(202) 606-8358, fax: (202) 418-3251, or e-mail: [email protected]. Please include a mailing address with your request.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 17, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to:
     Donald J. Winstead, Deputy Associate Director 
for Pay and Performance Policy, Office of Personnel Management, Room 
7H31, 1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20415-8200; fax: (202) 606-
4264; or e-mail: [email protected]; and
     Joseph F. Lackey, OPM Desk Officer, Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
New Executive Office Building, NW., Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald L. Paquin, (202) 606-2838.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Kay Coles James,
Director.
[FR Doc. 04-8662 Filed 4-15-04; 8:45 am]
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