[Federal Register: October 5, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 193)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Submission for OMB Emergency Clearance and 60 Day Notice for
Comment for a Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously Approved
Collection: OPM Form 1300, Presidential Management Fellows Program
Online Application and Resume Builder
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice
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announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) submitted a
request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for emergency
clearance and review for a reinstatement, with change, of a previously
approved collection for the OPM Form 1300, Presidential Management
Fellows (PMF) Program Online Application and Resume Builder. Approval
of this request is necessary to facilitate the timely nomination of PMF
applicants to the PMF Program. This also serves as the 60 Day Notice
for review for full clearance.
As a result of Executive Order 13318 and OPM regulations on the PMF
Program issued on May 19, 2005 (70 FR 28775), effective June 20, 2005,
eligible graduate students interested in applying to the PMF Program
must be nominated by their accredited graduate school's Dean,
Chairperson, or Academic Program Director (otherwise referred to as the
Nomination Official). In addition, per OMB's approval of the OPM Form
1300 for the PMF Class of 2006 on September 31, 2005, several
contingencies were requested. One of those contingencies was for OPM to
commit to developing future systems/system changes that would
streamline the application process for those seeking Federal jobs.
The following significant changes have been made to the application
and nomination process: (1) The PMF Program has recently migrated from
an in-house online application and resume builder system to a vacancy
announcement approach via USAJOBS; and (2) the nomination process was
modified to create a PMF Nomination Form (which OPM proposes to become
the new OPM Form 1300), which will serve as a fax-back form for the
Nomination Official to fill-out and fax to OPM. Applicants will be
directed to a vacancy announcement on USAJOBS and asked to upload their
resume. Upon submission of their application, a Nomination Form will
generate for the applicant to hand-carry to their school's Nomination
Official for possible nomination to the PMF Program. If at any stage
the applicant is found ineligible or ultimately not selected as a
Finalist, he/she would still have the flexibility to apply to other
Federal opportunities on USAJOBS.
We estimate 2,500 to 3,000 applications will be received and
processed in the 2006/2007 open season for PMF applications. During the
2005/2006 open season OPM received approximately 2,982 applications,
leading to 2,755 nominations by colleges and universities. Using the
new OPM Form 1300 (PMF Nomination Form) we estimate Nomination
Officials will need one-half hour to receive, review, and render a
decision for nomination. The annual estimated burden for Nomination
Officials to select nominees is 1,500 hours.
Comments are particularly invited on: Whether this information is
necessary for the proper performance of functions on the Office of
Personnel Management, 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.
For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey at
(202) 606-2150 fax (202) 418-3251, or e-mail to mbtoomey@opm.gov.
Please include your complete mailing address with your request.
DATES: Comments on this proposal for emergency review should be
received within 10 calendar days from the date of this publication. We
are requesting OMB to take action within 5 calendar days from the close
of this Federal Register Notice, on the request for emergency review.
Comments on this proposal for 60 day review should be received within
60 days from the date of this publication.
ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to: U.S. Office of Personnel
Management, Presidential Management Fellows Program, ATTN: Rob Timmins,
1900 E Street, NW., Room 1425, Washington, DC 20415; E-mail:
pmf@opm.gov; and Brenda Aguilar, OPM Desk Officer, Office of Management
and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, New Executive
Office Building, NW., Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.
Office of Personnel Management.
Dan G. Blair,
Deputy Director.
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