35818 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 131 / Monday, July 8, 1996 / Notices

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 intends to

submit to the Office of Management and

Budget a request for extension of a

currently approved information

collection. Standard Form 3112, CSRS/

FERS Documentation in Support of

Disability Retirement Application,

collects information from applicants for

disability retirement so that OPM can

determine whether to approve a

disability retirement. The applicant will

only complete Standard Forms 3112A

and 3112C. Standard Forms: 3112B,

3112D, and 3112E will be completed by

the immediate supervisor and the

employing agency of the applicant.

Approximately 12,100 Standard Form

3112, SF 3112A and SF 3112C will be

completed annually. The SF 3112A

requires approximately 30 minutes to

complete and the SF 3112C requires

approximately 60 minutes to complete.

The annual burden is 12,775 hours.

For copies of this proposal, contact

Jim Farron on (202) 418–3209, or E-mail

to jmfarron@mail.opm.gov.

DATES: Comments on this proposal

should be received on or before

September 6, 1996.

ADDRESS: 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:

Mary Beth Smith-Toomey, Management

Services Division, (202) 606–0623.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

Lorraine A. Green,

Deputy Director.

[FR Doc. 96–17238 Filed 7–5–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6325–01–M

The National Partnership Council;

Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Office of Personnel

Management.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

TIME AND DATE: 9:15 a.m., July 10, 1996.

PLACE: Thornton Auditorium, Graduate

School of Business, University of St.

Thomas, 1000 LaSalle Avenue,

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403.

Thornton Auditorium is located on the

second floor of the Graduate School of

Business.

STATUS: This meeting will be open to the

public. Seating will be available on a

first-come, first-served basis.

Individuals with special access needs

wishing to attend should contact OPM

at the number shown below to obtain

appropriate accommodations.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The

National Partnership Council (NPC) will

receive presentations on cooperative

relationships in health care from the

Metropolitan Healthcare Council, a

labor-management partnership group;

and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center

in Des Moines, Iowa and the unions

representing hospital employees (the

American Federation of Government

Employees and the Iowa Nurses

Association).

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Michael Cushing, Director, Center for

Partnership and Labor-Management

Relations, Office of Personnel

Management, Theodore Roosevelt

Building, 1900 E Street, NW., Room

5554, Washington, DC 20415–0001,

(202) 606–0010

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We invite

interested persons and organizations to

submit written comments. Mail or

deliver your comments to Michael

Cushing at the address shown above.

Written comments should be received

by July 5 in order to be considered at the

July 10 meeting.

Office of Personnel Management.

James B. King,

Director.

[FR Doc. 96–17237 Filed 7–5–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6325–01–M

Privacy Act of 1974; Computer

Matching Programs—OPM/Social

Security Administration

AGENCY: Office of Personnel

Management.

ACTION: Publication of notice of

computer matching to comply with Pub.

L. 100–503, the Computer Matching and

Privacy Protection Act of 1988.

SUMMARY: OPM is publishing notice of

its computer matching program with the

Social Security Administration (SSA) to

meet the reporting and publication

requirements of Pub. L. 100–503. The

purpose of the computer match is for

OPM to verify earnings information

provided directly by civil service

annuitants based on tax return

information disclosed by SSA to OPM.

DATES: The matching program will begin

in May 1996, or 40 days after

agreements by the parties participating

in the match have been submitted to

Congress and the Office of Management

and Budget, or 30 days after notice of

the match is published in the Federal

Register, whichever is later. The data

exchange will begin at a date mutually

agreeable between OPM and SSA,

unless comments are received which

will result in a contrary determination.

Subsequent matches will take place

annually on a recurring basis until one

of the parties advises the other, in

writing, of its intention to reevaluate,

modify and/or terminate the agreement.

ADDRESSES: Send comment to Kathleen

M. McGettigan, Assistant Director for

Financial Control and Management,

1900 E Street, NW., Room 4312,

Washington, DC 20415.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marc Flaster, (202) 606–2115.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OPM and

SSA intend to conduct a computer

matching program, as described below.

The purposes of this agreement is to

establish the conditions under which

SSA agrees to the disclosure of tax

return information to OPM. The SSA

records will be used in a matching

program with OPM’s records on

disability retirees and retirees under the

Federal Employees Retirement System

who receive annuity supplements.

These annuitants have limitations on

their earnings which they may not

exceed if they are to retain their annuity

benefits. OPM will use the SSA data to

verify the earnings information

provided directly to OPM by the

annuitants.

Office of Personnel Management.

James B. King,

Director.

Report of Computer Matching Program

Between the Office of Personnel

Management and the Social Security

Administration

A. Participating Agencies

OPM and SSA.

B. Purpose of the Matching Program

Chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United

States Code (U.S.C.) require OPM to

verify earnings data supplied by civil

service annuitants. Section 6103(1)(11)

of the Internal Revenue Code requires

SSA to disclose tax return information

to OPM to administer programs under

chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United

States Code. The purpose of the

computer match is for OPM to verify

earnings information provided directly

by civil service annuitants based on tax

return information disclosed by SSA to

OPM.

C. Authority for Conducting the Match

Program

Pub. L. 97–253, Chapter 83 and 84,

title 5, United States Code and 26 U.S.C.

6103(1)(11).