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the new sample members, 5,000 will 

form a non-production bridge panel, 

intended to quantify the potential 

impacts of question modifications on 

key survey estimates. Based on recent 

survey cycles, NCSES expects the 

overall response rate to be 65 to 75 

percent. 

Estimate of Burden: The amount of 

time to complete the questionnaire may 

vary depending on an individual’s 

educational history, employment status, 

and past response to the NSCG. The 

time to complete the 2021 NSCG web 

survey ranged from 19.6 minutes for 

some returning sample members to 27.3 

minutes for members of the nonproduction bridge panel, and 

approximately 89% of respondents 

completed the web mode. Likewise, 

CATI interview times during the 2021 

NSCG ranged from 32.5 minutes for 

some returning sample members to 42.2 

minutes for new sample members, and 

about 4% of respondents completed via 

CATI. It was estimated that all forms of 

the 2021 NSCG paper questionnaire 

took 30 minutes to complete, and about 

7% of respondents completed the paper 

form. Based on the 2021 cycle’s survey 

completion times, it is estimated that it 

will take approximately 25 minutes, on 

average, to complete the 2023 NSCG 

questionnaire. NSF estimates that the 

average annual burden for the 2023 

survey cycle over the course of the 

three-year OMB clearance period will be 

no more than 17,292 hours [(166,000 

individuals × 75% response × 25 

minutes)/3 years]. 

Comments: Comments are invited on 

(a) whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

NSF, including whether the information 

shall have practical utility; (b) the 

accuracy of the NSF’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, use, and clarity of the 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and (d) ways to 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. 

Dated: April 8, 2022. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

[FR Doc. 2022–09570 Filed 5–3–22; 8:45 am] 

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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

January 2022 Pay Schedules 

AGENCY: Office of Personnel 

Management. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The President adjusted the 

rates of basic pay and locality payments 

for certain Federal civilian employees 

effective in January 2022. The Executive 

order authorizes a 2.2 percent acrossthe-board increase for statutory pay 

systems and locality pay increases 

costing approximately 0.5 percent of 

basic payroll, reflecting an overall 

average pay increase of 2.7 percent. This 

notice serves as documentation for the 

public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kimberly Woods, Pay and Leave, 

Employee Services, Office of Personnel 

Management; (202) 606–2858 or payleave-policy@opm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 22, 2021, the President signed 

Executive Order (E.O.) 14061 (86 FR 

73601), which implemented pay 

adjustments for certain Federal civilian 

employees in January 2022. E.O. 14061 

provides an overall average pay increase 

of 2.7 percent for the statutory pay 

systems. This is consistent with the 

President’s alternative pay plan issued 

under 5 U.S.C. 5303(b) and 5304a on 

August 27, 2021. The pay rates in E.O. 

13970 have been superseded. 

The publication of this notice satisfies 

the requirement in Section 5(b) of E.O. 

14061 that the Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM) publish appropriate 

notice of the 2022 locality payments in 

the Federal Register. 

Schedule 1 of E.O. 14061provides the 

rates for the 2022 General Schedule (GS) 

and reflects a 2.2 percent increase from 

2021. Executive Order 14061 also 

includes the percentage amounts of the 

2022 locality payments. (See Section 5 

and Schedule 9 of Executive Order 

14061.) 

General Schedule employees receive 

locality payments under 5 U.S.C. 5304. 

Locality payments apply in the United 

States (as defined in 5 U.S.C. 5921(4)) 

and its territories and possessions. In 

2022, locality payments ranging from 

16.20 percent to 42.74 percent apply to 

GS employees in the 54 locality pay 

areas. The 2022 locality pay area 

definitions can be found at: https://

www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/ 

pay-leave/salaries-wages/2022/localitypay-area-definitions/. 

The 2022 locality pay percentages 

became effective the first day of the first 

pay period beginning on or after January 

1, 2022 (January 2, 2022). An 

employee’s locality rate of pay is 

computed by increasing his or her 

scheduled annual rate of pay (as defined 

in 5 CFR 531.602) by the applicable 

locality pay percentage. (See 5 CFR 

531.604 and 531.609.) 

Executive Order 14061 establishes the 

new Executive Schedule (EX), which 

incorporates a 2.2 percent increase 

required under 5 U.S.C. 5318 (rounded 

to the nearest $100). By law, Executive 

Schedule officials are not authorized to 

receive locality payments. 

Executive Order 14061 establishes the 

2022 range of rates of basic pay for 

members of the Senior Executive 

Service (SES) under 5 U.S.C. 5382. The 

minimum rate of basic pay for the SES 

is $135,468 in 2022. The maximum rate 

of the SES rate range is $203,700 (level 

II of the Executive Schedule) for SES 

members who are covered by a certified 

SES performance appraisal system and 

$187,300 (level III of the Executive 

Schedule) for SES members who are not 

covered by a certified SES performance 

appraisal system. 

The minimum rate of basic pay for the 

senior-level (SL) and scientific and 

professional (ST) rate range was 

increased by 2.2 percent ($135,468 in 

2022), which is the amount of the 

across-the-board GS increase. The 

applicable maximum rate of the SL/ST 

rate range is $203,700 (level II of the 

Executive Schedule) for SL or ST 

employees who are covered by a 

certified SL/ST performance appraisal 

system and $187,300 (level III of the 

Executive Schedule) for SL or ST 

employees who are not covered by a 

certified SL/ST performance appraisal 

system. Agencies with certified 

performance appraisal systems for SES 

members and employees in SL and ST 

positions must also apply a higher 

aggregate limitation on pay—up to the 

Vice President’s salary ($261,400 in 

2022.) 

Note that section 747 of division E of 

the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

2022 (Pub. L. 117–103, March 15, 2022), 

contains a provision that continues the 

freeze on the payable pay rates for the 

Vice President and certain senior 

political appointees at the rates of pay 

and applicable limitations on payable 

rates of pay in effect on December 31, 

2021. The section 747 pay freeze is 

scheduled to end on the last day of the 

last pay period that begins in calendar 

year 2022 (December 31, 2022, for those 

on the standard biweekly pay period 

cycle). Future Congressional action will 

determine whether the pay freeze 

continues beyond that date. OPM 

guidance on the continued pay freeze 

for certain senior political officials can 


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be found in CPM 2022–09 at https://

www.chcoc.gov/content/continued-payfreeze-certain-senior-political-officials6. 

Executive Order 14061 provides that 

the rates of basic pay for administrative 

law judges (ALJs) under 5 U.S.C. 5372 

are increased by 2.2 percent (rounded to 

the nearest $100) in 2022. The rate of 

basic pay for AL–1 is $176,300 

(equivalent to the rate for level IV of the 

Executive Schedule). The rate of basic 

pay for AL–2 is $171,900. The rates of 

basic pay for AL–3/A through 3/F range 

from $117,600 to $162,900. 

The rates of basic pay for members of 

Contract Appeals Boards are calculated 

as a percentage of the rate for level IV 

of the Executive Schedule. (See 5 U.S.C. 

5372a.) Therefore, these rates of basic 

pay are increased by 2.2 percent in 

2022. 

On November 30, 2021, OPM issued 

a memorandum on behalf of the 

President’s Pay Agent (the Secretary of 

Labor and the Directors of the Office of 

Management and Budget and OPM) that 

continues GS locality payments for ALJs 

and certain other non-GS employee 

categories in 2022. By law, EX officials, 

SES members, employees in SL/ST 

positions, and employees in certain 

other equivalent pay systems are not 

authorized to receive locality payments. 

(Note: An exception applies to certain 

grandfathered SES, SL, and ST 

employees stationed in a nonforeign 

area on January 2, 2010. See CPM 2009– 

27 at https://www.chcoc.gov/content/ 

nonforeign-area-retirement-equityassurance-act.) The memo is available at 

https://www.opm.gov/policy-dataoversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/ 

2021/extension-of-locality-pay-memofor-non-gs-employees-2022.pdf. 

On December 22, 2021, OPM issued a 

memorandum (CPM 2021–27) on the 

2022 pay adjustments. (See https://

www.chcoc.gov/content/january-2022- 

pay-adjustments.) The memorandum 

transmitted Executive Order 14061 and 

provided the 2022 salary tables, locality 

pay areas and percentages, and 

information on general pay 

administration matters and other related 

guidance. The ‘‘2022 Salary Tables’’ 

posted on OPM’s website at http://

www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/ 

pay-leave/salaries-wages/ are the official 

rates of pay for affected employees and 

are hereby incorporated as part of this 

notice. 

Office of Personnel Management. 

Stephen Hickman, 

Federal Register Liaison. 

[FR Doc. 2022–09559 Filed 5–3–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6325–39–P 

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory 

Committee Virtual Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of Personnel 

Management. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: According to the provisions of 

section 10 of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act), notice is hereby given 

that a virtual meeting of the Federal 

Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee 

will be held on Thursday, May 19, 2022. 

There will be no in-person gathering for 

this meeting. 

DATES: The virtual meeting will be held 

on May 19, 2022, beginning at 10 a.m. 

(EST). 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will convene 

virtually. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

public is invited to submit material in 

writing to the Chair on Federal Wage 

System pay matters felt to be deserving 

of the Committee’s attention. Additional 

information on these meetings may be 

obtained by contacting the Committee at 

Office of Personnel Management, 

Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory 

Committee, Room 7H31, 1900 E Street 

NW, Washington, DC 20415, (202) 606– 

2858. Contact Ana Paunoiu, 202–606– 

2858, or email pay-leave-policy@

opm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory 

Committee is composed of a Chair, five 

representatives from labor unions 

holding exclusive bargaining rights for 

Federal prevailing rate employees, and 

five representatives from Federal 

agencies. Entitlement to membership on 

the Committee is provided for in 5 

U.S.C. 5347. 

The Committee’s primary 

responsibility is to review the Prevailing 

Rate System and other matters pertinent 

to establishing prevailing rates under 

subchapter IV, chapter 53, 5 U.S.C., as 

amended, and from time to time advise 

the Office of Personnel Management. 

Annually, the Chair compiles a report 

of pay issues discussed and concluded 

recommendations. These reports are 

available to the public. Reports for 

calendar years 2008 to 2019 are posted 

at http://www.opm.gov/fprac. Previous 

reports are also available, upon written 

request to the Committee. 

This meeting is open to the public, 

with an audio option for listening. This 

notice sets forth the agenda for the 

meeting and the participation 

guidelines. 

Meeting Agenda. The tentative agenda 

for this meeting includes the following 

Federal Wage System items: 

• The definition of Monroe County, PA 

• The definition of San Joaquin County, 

CA 

• The definition of the SalinasMonterey, CA, wage area 

• The definition of the Puerto Rico 

wage area 

Public Participation: The May 19, 

2022, meeting of the Federal Prevailing 

Rate Advisory Committee is open to the 

public through advance registration. 

Public participation is available for the 

meeting. All individuals who plan to 

attend the virtual public meeting to 

listen must register by sending an email 

to pay-leave-policy@opm.gov with the 

subject line ‘‘May 19 FPRAC Meeting’’ 

no later than Tuesday, May 17, 2022. 

The following information must be 

provided when registering: 

• Name. 

• Agency and duty station. 

• Email address. 

• Your topic of interest. 

Members of the press, in addition to 

registering for this event, must also 

RSVP to media@opm.gov by April 17, 

2022. 

A confirmation email will be sent 

upon receipt of the registration. Audio 

teleconference information for 

participation will be sent to registrants 

the morning of the virtual meeting. 

Office of Personnel Management. 

Stephen Hickman, 

Federal Register Liaison. 

[FR Doc. 2022–09526 Filed 5–3–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6325–38–P 

OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND 

TECHNOLOGY POLICY 

Notice of Request for Comment 

AGENCY: Office of Science and 

Technology Policy. 

ACTION: Notice of Request for Comment. 

SUMMARY: On behalf of the National 

Science and Technology Council 

(NSTC), the In-space Servicing, 

Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) 

Interagency Working Group coordinates 

science and technology policy, strategy, 

and federal research and development 

(R&D) pertaining to ISAM-related 

capabilities. NSTC operates under the 

auspices of the Office of Science and 

Technology Policy (OSTP). This 

coordinated effort aims to ensure that 

U.S. leadership in servicing, assembly, 

manufacturing capabilities in space and 

their applications is maintained and 

expanded for future use. OSTP requests 


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