[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 116 (Wednesday, June 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33063-33064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16045]


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FEDERAL SERVICE IMPASSES PANEL


Information Collection Submitted to the Office of Management and 
Budget for Review Under the Paperwork Reduction Act

AGENCY: Federal Service Impasses Panel.

ACTION: Notice.

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    The Federal Service Impasses Panel (Panel) has submitted the 
following information collection requirement to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13. Comments regarding 
this information collection are best assured of having their full 
effect if received within 30 days of this notification. Comments should 
be addressed to: Joseph Lackey, Desk Officer for the Federal Labor 
Relations Authority, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive 
Office Building, room 10235, Washington, DC 20503; and to Solly Thomas, 
Executive Director, Federal Labor Relations Authority, 607 14th St., 
NW., Washington, DC 20424. Copies of the submission may be obtained by 
calling H. Joseph Schimansky, Executive Director, Federal Service 
Impasses Panel, (202) 482-6670, ext. 227.
    Title: Request for Assistance.
    Summary: Various persons can request assistance from the Panel to 
resolve collective bargaining impasses under the Federal Service Labor-
Management Relations Statute, 5 U.S.C. 7119. The Panel needs 
information from the requesting party to begin processing the request 
for assistance. The Request for Assistance Form includes questions to 
the filer concerning, among other things, identification of the 
parties; a description of the issues; the number, length, and dates of 
negotiation and mediation sessions held; and if the impasse arises from 
an agency determination not to establish or terminate a compressed work 
schedule under the Federal Employees Flexible

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and Compressed Work Schedules Act, the schedule or proposed schedule 
which is the subject of the agency's determination and the finding on 
which the determination is based.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information to be collected by 
the Request for Assistance is required for the Panel to be able to 
process and decide collective bargaining impasses arising under the 
Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute, 5 U.S.C. 7119. The 
information collected on the form is to be used to enable Panel staff 
employees to contact affected parties in impasse proceedings, and to 
enable staff employees to take the necessary steps to begin the 
processing of the Request for Assistance. The form will be provided to 
members of the public to initiate an impasse proceeding before the 
Panel. The petition form is filed with the Panel's office. Use of the 
form is not required to obtain Panel assistance, however, so long as 
the written request by a party for assistance contains the information 
requested on the form.
    Description of Respondents: Federal employees representing federal 
agencies in their capacity as employer and federal employees and 
employees of labor organizations that are representing those labor 
organizations, are the members of the public who may file the Request 
for Assistance form.
    Number of Respondents: Approximately 160 per year.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, as collective bargaining 
impasses arise.
    Total Burden Hours: Approximately one-half hour per petition (80 
hours per year).

    Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. Chap. 35, as amended.

    Dated: June 11, 1998.
H. Joseph Schimansky,
Executive Director, Federal Service Impasses Panel.
[FR Doc. 98-16045 Filed 6-16-98; 8:45 am]
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