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NOTICE: NOTICES

DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice.

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request for Review of a Revised Information Collection: OPM Form 1644; Child Care Provider Information for the Child Care Subsidy Program for Federal Employees: OMB No. 3206-0240

DATES: Comments on this proposal should be received within 30 calendar days from the date of this publication.

DOCUMENT SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 10413, May 22, 1995), this notice announces the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review of a revised information collection for the OPM Form 1644. Approval for the OPM Form 1644, Child Care Provider Information for the Child Care Subsidy Program for Federal Employees, is used to verify that child care providers are licensed or regulated by local or State authorities, as appropriate. Section 630 of Public Law 10767, which was enacted on November 12, 2001, permits Federal agencies to use appropriated funds to help their lower income employees with their costs for child care provided by a contractor licensed or regulated by local or State authorities, as appropriate. Therefore, agencies need to verify that child care providers to whom they make disbursements in the form of child care subsidies meet the statutory requirement.

Approximately 3500 OPM 1644 forms will be completed annually. We estimate it will take 10 minutes to complete the OPM Form 1644. The annual estimated burden is 333.3 hours.

For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth SmithToomey on (202) 6068358, FAX (202) 4183251 or email to mbtoomey@opm.gov. Please be sure to include a mailing address with your request.

SUMMARY: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals,