[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 5, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26171-26172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-11681]


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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Federal 
Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP) Enrollment 
System

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: 30-Day notice; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general 
public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on an 
existing information collection request (ICR) 3206-0272, Federal 
Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP) Enrollment 
System. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, as amended 
by the Clinger-Cohen Act, OPM is soliciting comments for this 
collection. The information collection was previously published in the 
Federal Register on March 12, 2019 allowing for a 60-day public comment 
period. No comments were received for this information collection. The 
purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public 
comments.

DATES: OPM is reopening the comment period for the notice published on 
March 12, 2019 (84 FR 8916). Comments are encouraged and will be 
accepted until July 5, 2019. 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of this ICR, with applicable 
supporting documentation, may be obtained by contacting Julia Elam, 
Office of Personnel Management, 1600 E St. NW, Rm. 4316-AL, Washington, 
DC 20415 Attention: Julia Elam or send via electronic mail to 
[email protected].

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

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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 became eligible to 
enroll in dental and vision insurance and most uniformed services 
active duty family members became eligible to enroll in vision 
insurance under FEDVIP 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. 3206-0272). 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.
    Agency: Office of Personnel Management.
    Title: Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program 
(FEDVIP) Enrollment System.
    OMB Number: 3206-0272.
    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. 2019-11681 Filed 6-3-19; 4:15 pm]
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