[Federal Register: February 22, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 36)]
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

 
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Review of a Revised 
Information Collection: RI 25-51

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Public 
Law 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of 
Personnel Management (OPM) intends to submit to the Office of 
Management and Budget a request for review of a revised information 
collection. RI 25-51, Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) Survivor 
Annuitant Express Pay Application for Death Benefits, will be used by 
the Civil Service Retirement System solely to pay benefits to the 
widow(er) of an annuitant. This application is intended for use in 
immediately authorizing payments to an annuitant's widow or widower, 
based on the report of death, when our records show the decedent 
elected to provide benefits for the applicant.
    Comments are particularly invited on: whether this 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 of information is accurate, and based on 
valid assumptions and methodology; and ways in which we can minimize 
the burden of the collection of information on those who are to 
respond, through the use of appropriate technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Approximately 22,000 RI 25-51 forms will be completed annually. We 
estimate it takes approximately 30 minutes to complete the form. The 
annual estimated burden is 11,000 hours.
    For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on 
(202) 606-8358, or E-mail to mbtoomey@opm.gov

DATES: Comments on this proposal should be received on or before April 
23, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to Ronald W. Melton, Chief, 
Operations Support Division, Retirement and Insurance Service, U.S. 
Office of Personnel Management 1900 E Street, NW, Room 3349A, 
Washington, DC 20415.

FOR INFORMATION REGARDING ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATION CONTACT: Donna G. 
Lease, Team Leader, Forms Analysis and Design, Budget and 
Administrative Services Division, (202) 606-0623.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Steven R. Cohen,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 01-4368 Filed 2-21-01; 8:45 am]
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