[Federal Register: March 25, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 57)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
5 CFR Part 532
RIN 3206-AJ30
Prevailing Rate Systems; Change in the Survey Cycle for the
Pennington, South Dakota, Nonappropriated Fund Wage Area
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a final rule to
change the timing of local wage surveys in the Pennington, South
Dakota, nonappropriated fund Federal Wage System wage area. The change
will help balance the workload for the Department of Defense and
improve the amount and quality of data it collects during local annual
wage surveys in the Pennington wage area.
DATES: Effective Date: April 24, 2002.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chenty I. Carpenter at (202) 606-8359;
by FAX at (202) 606-4264; or by email at cicarpen@opm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 19, 2000, the Office of
Personnel Management (OPM) published a proposed rule to change the
timing of local wage surveys in the Pennington, South Dakota,
nonappropriated (NAF) Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area (65 FR
79320). The proposed rule provided a 30-day period for public comment,
during which OPM received no comments.
The Department of Defense (DOD), the lead agency for the
Pennington, SD, wage area, requested that the survey schedule be
changed so that full-sale surveys could be conducted in June of even-
numbered fiscal years. DOD conducted a full-scale survey in January
2002 and will conduct another full-scale survey in June 2002. The
change from January to June will help avoid problems associated with
conducting local wage surveys during inclement weather in western South
Dakota and will improve wage survey participation and data yield. In
addition, the new survey cycle will allow DOD to achieve a better
balance in its wage survey workload.
The Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee, the national labor-
management committee responsible for advising OPM on matters concerning
the pay of FWS employees, recommended by consensus that we change the
full-scale survey cycle for the Pennington NAF wage area from January
of even-numbered fiscal years to June of even-numbered fiscal years.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
I certify that this regulation will not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small entities because it affects
only Federal agencies and employees.
List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 532
Administrative practice and procedure, Freedom of information,
Government employees, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Wages.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Kay Coles James,
Director.
Accordingly, the Office of Personnel Management is amending 5 CFR
part 532 as follows:
PART 532--PREVAILING RATE SYSTEMS
1. The authority citation for part 532 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5343, 5346; Sec. 532.707 also issued under 5
U.S.C. 552.
Appendix A to Subpart B of Part 532--[Amended]
2. Appendix B to subpart B is amended by revising under the State
of South Dakota the listing of beginning month of survey from
``January'' to ``June'' for the Pennington NAF wage area.
[FR Doc. 02-7022 Filed 3-22-02; 8:45 am]
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