Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 131 / Monday, July 8, 1996 / Notices 35817

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

July 1, 1996.

The Department of Labor (DOL) has

submitted the following public

information collection request (ICR) to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and approval in

accordance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (P.L. 104–13, 44

U.S.C. Chapter 35). Copies of these

individual ICRs, with applicable

supporting documentation, may be

obtained by calling the Department of

Labor Acting Departmental Clearance

Officer, Theresa M. O’Malley ( 202

219–5095). Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TTY/TDD) may call 202 219–4720

between 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern

time, Monday through Friday.

Comments should be sent to Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the

Employment and Training

Administration, Office of Management

and Budget, Room 10235, Washington,

DC 20503 (202 395–7316), within 30

days from the date of this publication in

the Federal Register.

The OMB is particularly interested in

comments which:

• evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

• 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;

• enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

• 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 submission of

responses.

Agency: Employment and Training

Administration.

Title: JTPA Section 401 General

Waiver Regulation.

Type of Information Collection:

Extension of a currently approved

collection.

OMB Number: 1205–0366.

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions; State, Local or Tribal

Government.

Number of Respondents: 75.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 3

hours.

Total Burden Hours: 225.

Total Annualized Capital/Startup

Costs: 0.

Total Annual Costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): 0.

Description: The Employment and

Training Administration requires

information on the provisions of the

amended Job Training Partnership Act

(JTPA), section 401 regulations at 20

CFR 632.70. These provisions allow

Indian and Native American JTPA

grantees to seek a waiver of the

nonstatutory provisions of the current

regulations at 20 CFR Parts 632 and 636.

This general waiver request capability is

already available to the Governors at 20

CFR 627.201, and to those section 401

grantees participating in the

demonstration under Public Law 102–

477 (Indian Employment, Training and

Related Services Demonstration Act of

1992). The information to be collected is

in support of any such waiver request(s)

submitted by section 401 grantees

pursuant to 20 CFR 632.70, and is

necessary to allow DOL officials to make

intelligent and informed decisions on

the waiver requests received. Without

such supplementary information, it

would be impossible for the Department

to grant any waivers to existing

regulations. There are no continuing

information requirements associated

with this collection. Such collection is

only mandated when a waiver request is

submitted by a grantee, and serves no

purpose other than to evaluate the

merits of the waiver request.

Theresa M. O’Malley,

Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–17275 Filed 7–5–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Committee Management; Notice of

Establishment

The Deputy Director of the National

Science Foundation has determined that

the establishment of a United States

Antarctic Program Blue Ribbon Panel, is

necessary and in the public interest in

connection with the performance of

duties imposed upon the Director,

National Science Foundation (NSF), by

42 USC 1861 et seq. This determination

follows consultation with the Office of

Management and Budget and with the

Committee Management Secretariat,

General Services Administration.

NAME OF COMMITTEE: United

States Antarctic Program (USAP) Blue

Ribbon Panel.

PURPOSE & OBJECTIVE: The

objective of the United States Antarctic

Program (USAP) Blue Ribbon Panel is to

recommend to the National Science

Foundation (NSF) promising

approaches that NSF can take to realize

significant savings in the USAP. The

Panel’s charge is to:

• examine full range of infrastructure,

management, and scientific options of

operations, including the eventual

replacement of South Pole Station;

develop several budget scenarios,

including one to correspond to a five

to seven year freeze in total USAP

funding;

• examine the efficiency and

appropriateness of the management of

infrastructure, management, and

scientific options of operations; and

• evaluate how the science programs

are implemented.

BALANCE MEMBERSHIP PLANS:

Approximately twelve persons from the

external community will serve on the

Panel. These members will be experts in

a broad range of areas, including

infrastructure management in hostile

environments, difficult logistics,

communications, international

collaboration, and research that involves

remote operations of facilities or

instruments. The members of the Panel

will reflect a broad, senior-level

perspective on these areas and will be

individuals who have made overarching

decisions on complex and challenging

programs. The Panel will begin its work

in late Summer and complete its report

by next Spring.

RESPONSIBLE NSF OFFICIALS: Mr.

Erick Chiang, Acting Deputy Director,

Office of Polar Programs, National

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd.,

Arlington, VA 22230 (703 306–1030).

Dated: July 2, 1996.

M. Rebecca Winkler,

Committee Management Office.

[FR Doc. 96–17254 Filed 7–5–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7555–01–M

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

MANAGEMENT

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request for Review of a Currently

Approved Information Collection:

Standard Form 3112

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 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).