Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Review of an Information Collection

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 535-536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-95]


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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

[RI 78-11]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Review of an Information 
Collection

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 an

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information collection. RI 78-11, Medicare Part B Certification, is 
used to collect information from annuitants, their spouses, and 
survivor annuitants to determine their eligibility under the Retired 
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for a Government contribution 
toward the cost of Part B Medicare.
    Approximately 100 RI 78-11 forms are completed annually. Each form 
requires approximately 10 minutes to complete for an annual estimated 
burden of 17 hours.
    Comments are particularly invited on:

--Whether this collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of functions of the Office of Personnel Management, and 
whether it will have practical utility;
--Whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection 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 use of the appropriate 
technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

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 March 8, 1999.

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

FOR INFORMATION REGARDING ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATION-- CONTACT: 
Phyllis R. Pinkney, Management Analyst, Budget & Administrative 
Services Division, (202) 606-0623, Office of Personnel Management.
Janice R. Lachance,
Director.
[FR Doc. 99-95 Filed 1-4-99; 8:45 am]
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