[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 72 (Tuesday, April 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20727-20728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07765]
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Submission for Review: 3206-0201; Federal Employees Health
Benefits (FEHB) Open Season Express Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
System and the Open Season Website
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
offers the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to
comment on a revised information collection (ICR), Federal Employees
Health Benefits (FEHB) Open Season Express Interactive Voice Response
(IVR) System and the Open Season website, Open Season Online.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until June 15,
2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and
title, by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency
name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the
internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of this ICR with applicable
supporting documentation, may be obtained by contacting the Retirement
Services Publications Team, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E
Street NW, Room 3316-L, Washington, DC 20415, Attention: Cyrus S.
Benson, or sent via electronic mail to [email protected] or faxed to
(202) 606-0910 or reached via telephone at (202) 606-4808.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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 (OMB No. 3206-
0201). 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.
Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Open Season Express
Interactive Voice Response (IVR) System, and the Open Season website,
Open Season Online, are used by retirees and survivors. They collect
information for changing FEHB enrollments, collecting dependent and
other insurance information for self and family enrollments, requesting
plan brochures, requesting a change of address, requesting cancellation
or suspension of FEHB benefits, asking to make payment to the Office of
Personnel Management
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when the FEHB payment is greater than the monthly annuity amount, or
for requesting FEHB plan accreditation and Customer Satisfaction Survey
information.
Analysis
Agency: Retirement Operations, Retirement Services, Office of
Personnel Management.
Title: Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Open Season Express
Interactive Voice Response (IVR) System and Open Season Online.
OMB Number: 3206-0201.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Number of Respondents: 350,100.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 10 minutes.
Total Burden Hours: 58,350.
Office of Personnel Management.
Alexys Stanley,
Regulatory Affairs Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2020-07765 Filed 4-13-20; 8:45 am]
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