[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 6, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 40688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-15134]


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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT


Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Review of an Expiring 
Information Collection: OPM Form 1644

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) intends to submit to the Office of 
Management and Budget a request for review of an expiring information 
collection. OPM Form 1644, Child Care Provider Information: Child Care 
Tuition Assistance Program for Federal Employees, is used to verify 
that child care providers are licensed or regulated by local or State 
authorities, as appropriate. Public Law 106-58 passed by Congress on 
September 29, 1999, permits Federal agencies to use appropriated funds 
to help their lower income employees with their costs for child care 
provided by a contractor licensed or regulated by local or State 
authorities, as appropriate. Therefore, agencies need to verify that 
child care providers to whom they make disbursements in the form of 
child care subsidies meet the statutory requirement. We estimate 
approximately 2000 OPM 1644 forms will be completed annually. The form 
will take approximately 10 minutes to complete by each provider. The 
annual estimated burden is 333.3 hours.
    Comments are particularly invited on:

--Whether the form adequately captures the information needed to verify 
child care provider local or State licensure and regulation;
--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 use of the appropriate 
technological collection techniques or other information collection 
strategies.
    For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on 
(202) 606-8358, FAX (202) 418-3251 or e-mail to [email protected]. 
Please provide a mailing address because this proposal is not available 
electronically.

DATES: Comments on this proposal should be received within 60 calendar 
days from the date of this publication.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to: Bonnie Storm, Manager, WorkLife 
Group, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, 1900E St., NW., Washington, 
DC 20415.

Office of Personnel Management.
Kay Coles James,
Director.
[FR Doc. 04-15134 Filed 7-2-04; 8:45 am]
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