[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 244 (Wednesday, December 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 76377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-21647]


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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT


Proposed Collection: Comment Request for Review of New 
Information Collection Form: OPM Optional Form XX

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 (OMB) a request for review of a new information 
collection document. Optional Form (OF) XX, Certificate of Medical 
Examination replaces the existing Civil Service Commission Standard 
Form (SF) 78, Certificate of Medical Examination, which was last 
revised in October 1969. Replacement is necessary because the SF-78 is 
no longer accurate. Revisions include making the form optional for 
agencies, incorporating changes required by 29 CFR 1630.13, which 
addresses prohibited medical examinations and inquiries, and deleting 
references to the Federal Personnel Manual and other outdated 
references.
    It will be used to collect medical information about individuals 
who are incumbents of positions which require physical fitness/agility 
testing and medical examinations, or who have been selected for such a 
position contingent upon meeting physical fitness/agility testing and 
medical examinations as a condition of their employment. This 
information is needed to ensure fair and consistent treatment of 
employees and job applicants, to adjudicate requests to pass over 
preference eligibles, and to adjudicate claims of discrimination under 
the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
    Approximately 45,000 forms are submitted annually. It takes 
approximately 30 total minutes to complete the form. The annual 
estimated burden is 22,500 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 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--J. C. Phillip Spottswood, J.D., 
M.P.H. by telephone at (202) 606-1389, by TTY at (202) 418-3134; by fax 
at (202) 606-0864; or by e-mail at [email protected].

Linda M. Springer,
Director, U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
[FR Doc. E6-21647 Filed 12-19-06; 8:45 am]
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