[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 17 (Thursday, January 28, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7425-7426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-01861]


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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT


Submission for Review: 3206-0226, It's Time To Sign Up for Direct 
Deposit or Direct Express, RI 38-128

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) 
offers the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to 
comment on a revised information collection request (ICR), RI 38-128--
It's Time to Sign Up for Direct Deposit or Direct Express.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until March 1, 
2021.

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 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 via telephone at (202) 606-4808.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 OPM is soliciting comments for this collection. The information 
collection (OMB No. 3206-0226) was previously published in the Federal 
Register on April 27, 2020 at 85 FR 23383, allowing for a 60-day public 
comment period. One comment was received: ``Recommend that paragraph 4 
(page 1) be updated for the Direct Debit program. (The provided 
hyperlink for Direct Express cards--www.godirect.org_is not a valid 
URL. The correct URL is www.godirect.gov.)''. Our response is: ``We 
have updated the hyperlink as requested''. 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

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    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.
    Form RI 38-128, It's Time to Sign Up for Direct Deposit or Direct 
Express, provides the opportunity for the annuitant to elect Direct 
Deposit or Direct Express. This election is required only once: When a 
person is first put on our rolls.

Analysis

    Agency: Retirement Operations, Retirement Services, Office of 
Personnel Management.
    Title: It's Time to Sign Up for Direct Deposit or Direct Express.
    OMB Number: 3206-0226.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Number of Respondents: 20,000.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 30 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 10,000.

Office of Personnel Management.
Alexys Stanley,
Regulatory Affairs Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2021-01861 Filed 1-27-21; 8:45 am]
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