[Federal Register: October 9, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 196)]
[Notices]               
[Page 52795]


OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

 
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Review of a Revised 
Information Collection: Form RI 94-7

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 a revised
information 
collection. RI 94-7, Death Benefit Payment Rollover Election
for 
Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), provides FERS
surviving 
spouses and former spouses with the means to elect payment of
the FERS 
rollover-eligible benefits directly or to an Individual
Retirement 
Account.
    Approximately 700 RI 94-7 forms will be completed
annually. We 
estimate it takes approximately 60 minutes to complete the
form. The 
annual burden is 700 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 Jim Farron on (202)
418-3208, 
or E-mail to jmfarron@opm.gov

DATES: Comments on this proposal should be received on or
before 
December 8, 1997.

ADDRESS: Send or deliver comments to--John C. Crawford, Chief,
FERS 
Division, Retirement and Insurance Service, U.S. Office of
Personnel 
Management, 1900 E Street, NW, Room 3313, 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.
Janice R. Lachance,
Acting Director.
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