[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 224 (Tuesday, November 20, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 58626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25262]
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Submission for OMB Emergency Review: Federal Employees Dental and
Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP) Enrollment System
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Emergency clearance notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) submitted a request
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for emergency clearance
and review for the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance
Program (FEDVIP) Enrollment System, known as BENEFEDS. As required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. chapter
35) as amended by the Clinger-Cohen Act (Pub. L. 104-106), OPM is
soliciting comments for this collection. The Office of Management and
Budget is particularly interested in comments that:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submissions of responses.
DATES: Comments on this proposal for emergency review should be
received within November 26, 2018. We are requesting OMB to take action
within 5 calendar days from the close of this Federal Register Notice
on the request for emergency review. This process is conducted in
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.1.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street
NW, Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of
Personnel Management or sent via electronic mail to
[email protected] or faxed to (202) 395-6974. You must
include ``Emergency Submission Comment on Federal Employees Dental and
Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP) Enrollment System'' in the subject
line of your message.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Employees Dental and Vision
Insurance Program Enrollment System uses BENEFEDS, which is the secure
enrollment website sponsored by OPM that allows eligible individuals to
enroll or change enrollment in a FEDVIP plan. Eligible individuals use
the system to enroll or change enrollment during the annual Open Season
or when experiencing a qualifying life event under 5 CFR 894.101.
Federal Civilian and U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employees, retirees
(annuitants), survivor annuitants, compensationers, and their eligible
family members can enroll and be enrolled in FEDVIP. In addition, most
uniformed services retirees and their families will be eligible to
enroll in dental and vision insurance and most uniformed services
active duty family members will be eligible to enroll in vision
insurance under FEDVIP beginning during the 2018 Open Season for
coverage effective January 1, 2019. OPM uses this enrollment system to
carry out its responsibility to administer the FEDVIP in accordance
with 5 U.S.C. chapters 89A and 89B and implementing regulations (5 CFR
part 894) but has been doing so without an OMB control number.
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13,
44 U.S.C. chapter 35) OPM is soliciting comments for this collection
(OMB No. 3206-XXXX).
Agency: Office of Personnel Management.
Title: Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program
(FEDVIP) Enrollment System.
OMB Number: 3206-XXXX.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Number of Respondents: 332,304.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 8 minutes.
Total Burden Hours: 44,307 hours.
Office of Personnel Management.
Alexys Stanley,
Regulatory Affairs Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2018-25262 Filed 11-19-18; 8:45 am]
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