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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 246 / Monday, December 22, 2008 / Notices

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request for Reclearance of
an Expiring Information Collection:
OMB Control No. 3206–0106; Form INV
10, ‘‘Mail Reinterview Form’’

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AGENCY: Office of Personnel
Management.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104–13), this notice announces that
the U.S. Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) has submitted to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) a request for re-clearance of an
expiring information collection, Mail
Reinterview Form (INV 10), OMB
Control No. 3206–0106. OPM sends the
INV 10 questionnaire to a random
sampling of record and personal sources
contacted during background
investigations when investigators have
performed fieldwork. The INV 10 is
used as a quality control instrument
designed to ensure the accuracy and
integrity of the investigative product, as
it inquires of the sources about the
investigative procedure employed by
the investigator, the investigator’s
professionalism, and the information
discussed and reported.
It is estimated that 114,000 INV 10
forms are sent to individual sources
annually. Of those, it is estimated that
50,000 individuals respond. We
anticipate sending and receiving a
similar number of INV 10 forms in the
years ahead. Each form takes
approximately six minutes to complete.
The estimated annual burden is 5,000
hours.
We received no comments as a result
of the 60-day Federal Register Notice,
published in the Federal Register on
June 19, 2008. Therefore, we determined
that this collection of information
continues to be necessary for the proper
performance of functions of the U.S.
Office of Personnel Management and its
Federal Investigative Services Division,
which administers its background
investigations. Further, we maintain
that our estimate of the public burden
of this collection is accurate, based on
valid assumptions and methodology.
The existing reinterview questionnaire
addresses all of the questions relevant to
ensure the accuracy and integrity of the
investigative product at this time.
For copies of this proposal, contact
Mary-Kay Brewer on (703) 305–1002,
Fax (703) 603–0576 or e-mail to
[email protected]. Please be

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sure to include a mailing address with
your request.
DATES: Comments on this proposal
should be received within 30 calendar
days from the date of this publication.
ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments
to:
Kathy Dillaman, Associate Director,
Federal Investigative Services
Division, U.S. Office of Personnel
Management, 1900 E. Street, NW.,
Room 5416, Washington, DC 20415,
and
John W. Barkhamer, OPM Desk Officer,
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, New Executive Office
Building, 725 17th Street NW., Room
10235, Washington, DC 20503.
FOR INFORMATION REGARDING
ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATION CONTACT:

Mary-Kay Brewer, Program Analyst,
Operational Policy Group, Federal
Investigative Services Division, U.S.
Office of Personnel Management, (703)
305–1002.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Howard Weizmann,
Deputy Director.
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
[OMB Control No. 3206–0199]

Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request for Reinstatement
of an Expired Information Collection:
Nonforeign Area Cost-of-Living
Allowance Price and Background
Surveys
AGENCY: Office of Personnel
Management.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget a request for
reinstatement of the Nonforeign Area
Cost-of-Living Allowance Price and
Background Surveys (OMB Control No.
3206–0199), a previously-cleared
information collection that was recently
discontinued at OPM’s discretion and
for which the OMB clearance has
expired. OPM uses price surveys and
background surveys to gather data to be
used in determining nonforeign area
cost-of-living allowances (COLAs) paid
to certain Federal employees in Alaska,
Hawaii, Guam and the Northern
Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the

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U.S. Virgin Islands. OPM conducts price
surveys in the Washington, DC, area on
an annual basis and once every 3 years
in each allowance area on a rotating
basis. Prior to these surveys, OPM
conducts background surveys that are
similar to the price surveys, but much
more limited in scope. OPM uses the
results of the background surveys to
prepare for the price surveys.
The COLA Price Survey is necessary
for collecting living-cost data used to
determine COLAs. OPM uses the Price
Survey results to compare prices in the
allowance areas with prices in the
Washington, DC, area and to derive
COLA rates where local living costs
significantly exceed those in the DC
area. The COLA Background Survey is
necessary to determine the continued
appropriateness of items, services, and
businesses selected for the annual price
surveys. OPM uses the Background
Survey results to identify items to be
priced and the outlets at which OPM
will price the items in the Price
Surveys.
OPM will survey selected retail,
service, realty, and other businesses and
local governments in the allowance
areas and in the Washington, DC, area.
OPM will contact approximately 2,000
establishments in each annual Price
Survey and approximately 100
establishments in each annual
Background Survey. Participation in the
surveys is voluntary.
OPM estimates that the average price
survey interview will take
approximately 6 minutes, for a total
burden of 200 hours. The average
background survey interview will take
approximately 6.5 minutes, for a total
burden of 11 hours.
For copies of or further information
on this proposal, contact J. Stanley
Austin by telephone at (202) 606–2838,
by fax at (202) 606–4264, or by e-mail
at [email protected]. If you are requesting
a copy of this proposal, please include
your mailing address with your request.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
January 21, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments
to:
Charles D. Grimes III, Deputy
Associate Director for Performance and
Pay Systems, Strategic Human
Resources Policy Division, U.S. Office of
Personnel Management, Room 7H31,
1900 E Street, NW., Washington, DC
20415–8200; fax: (202) 606–4264; or email: [email protected]; and
John W. Barkhamer, OPM Desk
Officer, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, 725 17th

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