Submission for Review: 3206-0235, Letter Reply To Request for Information, RI 20-64; Former Spouse Survivor Annuity Election, RI 20-64A; Information on Electing a Survivor Annuity for Your Former Spouse, RI 20-64B
Retirement Services offers the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on the reinstatement of an expired information collection request (ICR), Lett...
Retirement Services offers the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on the reinstatement of an expired information collection request (ICR), Letter Reply to Request for Information, RI 20-64; Former Spouse Survivor Annuity Election, RI 20-64A; and Information on Electing a Survivor Annuity for Your Former Spouse, RI 20-64B.
DATES:
Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until December 29, 2026.
ADDRESSES:
You may submit comments on the Federal Rulemaking Portal:
www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. The general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the public is to make these submissions available for public viewing at
www.regulations.gov
as they are received without change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.
( printed page 68560)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Retirement Services Publications Team, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Room 6500-AS, Washington, DC 20415, Attention: Cyrus S. Benson, or sent via electronic mail to
RSPublicationsTeam@opm.gov.
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. 3206-0235). 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.
RI 20-64, Letter Reply to Request for Information, is used by OPM to explain the annuity reductions required to pay for the cost of a former spouse survivor annuity benefit under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), and to provide annuitants with information about what the beginning rate of the survivor annuity would be if the annuitant ultimately elects a former spouse survivor annuity benefit. RI 20-64A, Former Spouse Survivor Annuity Election, is used by OPM to obtain an annuitant's former spouse survivor annuity election. RI 20-64B, Information on Electing a Survivor Annuity for Your Former Spouse, is a pamphlet that provides important information to retirees who want to provide a CSRS survivor annuity for a former spouse.
Analysis
Agency:
Office of Personnel Management, Retirement Services.
Title:
Letter Reply to Request for Information; Former Spouse Survivor Annuity Election.
OMB Number:
3206-0235.
Frequency:
On occasion.
Affected Public:
Individuals or Households.
Number of Respondents:
38.
Estimated Time per Respondent:
45 minutes for RI 20-64A and 8 minutes for RI 20-64.
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
91 FR 68559
Web Citation
Suggested Web Citation
Use this when citing the archival web version of the document.
“Submission for Review: 3206-0235, Letter Reply To Request for Information, RI 20-64; Former Spouse Survivor Annuity Election, RI 20-64A; Information on Electing a Survivor Annuity for Your Former Spouse, RI 20-64B,” thefederalregister.org (October 30, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-22225/submission-for-review-3206-0235-letter-reply-to-request-for-information-ri-20-64-former-spouse-survivor-annuity-election.
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Pub. L. 104-13