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technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
RI 20–126 is used to certify that an
employee performed certain service
with the District of Columbia (DC) that
qualifies under section 1905 of Public
Law 111–84 for determining retirement
eligibility. However, this service cannot
be used in the computation of a
retirement benefit.
Analysis
Agency: Retirement Operations,
Retirement Services, Office of Personnel
Management.
Title: Certification of Qualifying
District of Columbia Service under
Section 1905 of Public Law 111–84 (RI
20–126).
OMB Number: 3206–0268.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Number of Respondents: 1,000.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 30
minutes.
Total Burden Hours: 500 hours.
Office of Personnel Management.
Alexys Stanley,
Regulatory Affairs Analyst.
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
Submission for Review: Notice of
Change in Student’s Status, RI 25–15
U.S. Office of Personnel
Management.
ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

The Retirement Services,
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
offers the general public and other
Federal agencies the opportunity to
comment on a revised information
collection request (ICR), Notice of
Change in Student’s Status, RI 25–15.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until January 28, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to,
Retirement Services, U.S. Office of
Personnel Management, 1900 E Street,
NW, Washington, DC 20415, Attention:
Alberta Butler, Room 2347E, or sent by
email to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A
copy of this ICR with applicable
supporting documentation, may be
obtained by contacting the Retirement
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Services Publications Team, Office of
Personnel Management, 1900 E Street
NW, Room 3316–L, Washington, DC
20415, Attention: Cyrus S. Benson, or
sent by email to [email protected]
or faxed to (202) 606–0910 or via
telephone at (202) 606–4808.
As
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C.
chapter 35) as amended by the ClingerCohen Act (Pub. L. 104–106), OPM is
soliciting comments for this collection
(OMB No. 3206–0042). The Office of
Management and Budget is particularly
interested in comments that:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of functions
of the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
4. Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
RI 25–15, Notice of Change in
Student’s Status, is used to collect
sufficient information from adult
children of deceased Federal employees
or annuitants to assure that the child
continues to be eligible for payments
from OPM.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Analysis
Agency: Retirement Operations,
Retirement Services, Office of Personnel
Management.
Title: Notice of Change in Student’s
Status.
OMB: 3206–0042.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Number of Respondents: 2,500.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 20
minutes.
Total Burden Hours: 835.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Alexys Stanley,
Regulatory Affairs Analyst.
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
Submission for Review: Reinstatement
of a Previously Approved Information
Collection With Revision, Office of
Personnel Management (OPM)
Standard Form (SF) 15, Application for
10-Point Veteran Preference, OMB No.
3206–0001
Office of Personnel
Management.
ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

The Office of Personnel
Management (OPM)’s Talent
Acquisition and Workforce Shaping
Center offers the general public and
other Federal agencies the opportunity
to comment on a request for
reinstatement of a revised information
collection for the Standard Form (SF)
15, Application for 10-Point Veteran
Preference. As required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, as
amended by the Clinger-Cohen Act,
OPM is soliciting comments for this
collection. The information collection
was previously published in the Federal
Register on November 21, 2017,
allowing for a 60-day public comment
period. Two comments were received
for this information collection. The
purpose of this notice is to allow an
additional 30 days for public comments.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until December 28,
2018. This process is conducted in
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.1.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
the revised information collection to
Kimberly A. Holden, Deputy Associate
Director for Talent Acquisition and
Workforce Shaping, Employee Services,
U.S. Office of Personnel Management,
Room 6351D, 1900 E Street NW,
Washington, DC 20415–9700; email
[email protected]; or fax (202) 606–
2329; and to OMB Designee, OPM Desk
Officer, Office of Management and
Budget, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, New Executive
Office Building NW, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503; email oira_
[email protected]; or fax (202)
395–6974.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
A copy of this information collection
request, with applicable supporting
documentation, may be obtained by
contacting the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management Budget, 725 17th Street
NW, Washington, DC 20503, Attention:
Desk Officer for the Office of Personnel
Management or sent via email to
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[email protected] or faxed
to (202) 395–6974.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Management and Budget is
particularly interested in comments
that:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
4. Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
The SF 15, Application for 10-Point
Veteran Preference, is used by veterans
as both a request for preference and a
guide to determine the appropriate
documentation to submit to support
their claims of 10-point veterans’
preference when applying for Federal
employment. The SF 15, and the
accompanying documentation, is used
by agencies, OPM examining offices,
and agency appointing officials to
adjudicate individuals’ claims for
veterans’ preference in accordance with
the Veterans’ Preference Act of 1944, as
amended. The proposed revisions to the
SF 15 are necessary to update language
as a result of the enactment of the Gold
Star Fathers Act of 2015 (Pub. L. 114–
62), derived veterans’ preference for
parents, and to make additional
corrections on the form, as follows:
• Page 1, Item 9 is revised to reflect
derived veterans’ preference for parents.
• Page 2, Item A, 4th bullet is
corrected to read that certification is of
an expected discharge or release from
active duty service in the armed forces
under honorable conditions not later
than 120 days after the date the
certification is submitted.
• Page 2, Items C and F are corrected
to reflect derived veterans’ preference
for parents.
• Several punctuation errors are
corrected.
Comments
OPM received comments from two
Federal agencies. One agency
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utility and is needed to properly
adjudicate veterans’ preference in case
exam announcements. The same agency
agreed with OPM’s analysis and
commented that the changes in the form
are likely to provide small increases in
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected. This agency
made three suggestions on the content
of the form. First, on Page 2, Item F, the
agency suggested changing ‘‘physician’’
to ‘‘health care provider’’ to be more in
line with current regulations and to
recognize that patients may be treated
by someone other than a physician.
OPM agrees and is changing
‘‘physician’’ to ‘‘licensed medical
professional.’’
Second, the agency asked to have the
veteran’s signature block added back on
the form to certify that the applicant has
read, understood, and is providing
accurate information. OPM is not
adopting this suggestion. Many veterans
and other applicants claiming 10-point
veterans’ preference complete an
electronic version of the SF 15 which
can make signing the form difficult.
After an offer of employment is made
and/or at the time of appointment, an
applicant signs the Optional Form (OF)
306, Declaration for Federal
Employment, certifying that all
application material submitted is true,
correct, complete, and made in good
faith. This covers the SF 15 submitted
at the time of application and, therefore,
it is unnecessary for the applicant to
sign the SF 15 separately.
Third, the agency suggested adding
web links to the general veteran
information from OPM to assist
applicants. OPM is adopting this
suggestion and adding the OPM web
address in the instructions section on
the form.
To minimize the burden of collection
of information on veterans, another
agency suggested adding a statement on
page 2 to indicate that questions 1–7
only need to be answered if the person
claiming preference is not the veteran.
OPM is adopting this suggestion. This
same agency suggested adding clarity to
item C on page 2 to state that ‘‘all of the
following’’ must be included in the
documentation provided by spouses and
parents. OPM is adopting this
suggestion.
The SF 15 will continue to be
available as a PDF fillable form for
applicant use. The only acceptable
version of this form will be as stated
above, but consistent with current
practice, the form may be submitted
electronically or in hard copy. The SF
15 will be obtainable on the OPM
website at https://www.opm.gov/forms/
standard-forms/.

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Analysis
Agency: Talent Acquisition and
Workforce Shaping, Office of Personnel
Management.
Title: SF 15, Application for 10-Point
Veteran Preference.
OMB Number: 3206–0001.
Affected Public: Disabled Veterans.
Number of Respondents: 18,418.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 33.5
minutes.
Total Burden Hours: 10,283 hours.
Office of Personnel Management.
Alexys Stanley,
Regulatory Affairs Analyst.
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
Information Collection: Application for
Death Benefits Under the Federal
Employees Retirement System (SF
3104); and Documentation & Elections
in Support of Application for Death
Benefits When Deceased Was an
Employee at the Time of Death (SF
3104B)
Office of Personnel
Management.
ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

The Retirement Services,
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
offers the general public and other
federal agencies the opportunity to
comment on the revision of a currently
approved information collection,
Application for Death Benefits under
the Federal Employees Retirement
System (SF 3104); and Documentation &
Elections in Support of Application for
Death Benefits When Deceased Was an
Employee at the Time of Death (SF
3104B).

SUMMARY:

Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until January 28, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to
Retirement Services, Office of Personnel
Management, 1900 E Street NW,
Washington, DC 20415, Attention:
Alberta Butler, Room 2347–E, or sent
via electronic mail to Alberta.Butler@
opm.gov.
DATES:

A
copy of this information collection
instrument with applicable supporting
documentation, may be obtained by
contacting the Retirement Services
Publications Team, Office of Personnel
Management, 1900 E Street NW, Room

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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