[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 227 (Friday, November 26, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 68982]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26148]


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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT


Proposed Collection: Comment Request for Review of Expiring 
Information Collection: Claim for Unpaid Compensation of Deceased 
Civilian Employee; SF 1153

AGENCY: U.S. 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 U.S. Office of 
Personnel Management (OPM) intends to submit to the Office of 
Management and Budget a request for review of an expiring information 
collection. Standard Form (SF) 1153, Claim for Unpaid Compensation of 
Deceased Civilian Employee, is used to collect information from 
individuals who have been designated as beneficiaries of the unpaid 
compensation of a deceased Federal employee or who believe that their 
relationship to the deceased entitles them to receive the unpaid 
compensation of the deceased Federal employee. OPM needs this 
information in order to adjudicate the claim and properly assign a 
deceased Federal employee's unpaid compensation to the appropriate 
individual(s).
    Approximately 3,000 SF 1153 forms are submitted annually. It takes 
approximately 15 minutes to complete the form. The annual estimated 
burden is 750 hours.
    Comments are particularly invited on:

--Whether this collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of functions of OPM, and whether it will have practical 
utility;
--Whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection is 
accurate, and based on valid assumptions and methodology;
--Ways we can enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the 
information collected; 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 forms of information 
technology.
    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 include a mailing address with your request.

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

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to--Robert D. Hendler, Acting 
Program Manager, Center for Merit System Compliance, Division for Human 
Capital Leadership and Merit System Accountability, U.S. Office of 
Personnel Management, 1900 E Street, NW., Room 6484, Washington, DC 
20415.

Kay Coles James,
Director, U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
[FR Doc. 04-26148 Filed 11-24-04; 8:45 am]
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