[Federal Register: July 3, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 128)]
[Notices]
[Page 39988]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Review of a Revised
Information Collection: Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Open
Season Express Interactive Voice Response (IVR) System and Open Season
Online
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) will submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) a request for review of a revised information collection.
The Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Open Season Express
Interactive Voice Response (IVR) System and the Open Season web site,
Open Season Online, is used by retirees and survivors; it collects
information for changing FEHB enrollments, collecting dependent and
other insurance information for self and family enrollments, requesting
plan brochures, requesting a change of address, requesting cancellation
or suspension of FEHB benefits, asking to make payment to the Office of
Personnel Management when the FEHB payment is greater than the monthly
annuity amount, or requesting FEHB plan accreditation and Customer
Satisfaction Survey information.
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
of information 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 the use
of appropriate technological collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
We estimate that we will receive 112,000 responses per year to the
IVR system and the on-line web site. Each response takes approximately
10 minutes to complete. The annual burden is 18,666 hours.
For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on
(202) 606-8358, FAX (202) 418-3251 or via E-mail to mbtoomey@opm.gov.
Please include a mailing address with your request.
DATES: Comments on this proposal should be received within 60 calendar
days from the date of this publication.
ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to William C. Jackson, Group
Leader, Retirement Eligibility and Services Group, Retirement Services
Program, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street, NW., Room
2336, Washington, DC 20415-3560.
FOR INFORMATION REGARDING ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATION CONTACT: Cyrus S.
Benson, Team Leader, Publications Team, RIS Support Services, (202)
606-0623.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Kay Coles James,
Director.
[FR Doc. 03-16754 Filed 7-2-03; 8:45 am]
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