The Federal Register

Proposed Collection: Comment Request for Review of an Expiring Information Collection: Claim for Unpaid Compensation

Tue, Jun 17 2008 11:00:00 GMT

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 10413, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review
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of an expiring information collection. Standard Form 1153, Claim for Unpaid Compensation for Deceased Civilian Employee, is used to collect information from individuals who have been designated as beneficiaries of the unpaid compensation of a deceased Federal employee or who believe that their relationship to the deceased entitles them to receive the unpaid compensation of the deceased Federal employee. OPM needs this information in order to adjudicate the claim and properly assign a deceased Federal employee's unpaid compensation to the appropriate individual(s).

The proposed revision to the expiring information collection responds to suggestions received from users. Part B, 1. is changed to clarify a beneficiary may include a legal enti

Proposed Collection: Comment Request for Review of an Expiring Information Collection: Procedures for Submitting

Tue, Jun 17 2008 11:00:00 GMT

Approximately 50 claims are submitted annually. It takes approximately 60 minutes to complete the form. The annual estimated burden is 50 hours.

Comments are particularly invited on:
Whether this collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of functions of OPM, 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;