[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 19, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 79320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32286]
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Proposed Rules
Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these
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Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 244 / Tuesday, December 19, 2000 /
Proposed Rules
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
5 CFR Part 532
RIN 3206-AJ30
Prevailing Rate Systems; Change in the Survey Cycle for the
Pennington, SD, Nonappropriated Fund Wage Area
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Proposed rule with request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a proposed rule
that would change the timing of local wage surveys in the Pennington,
South Dakota, nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage System (FWS) wage
area. The change would help balance the workload for the Department of
Defense and improve the amount and quality of data it collects during
local annual wage surveys in the Pennington wage area.
DATES: The Office of Personnel Management must receive comments by
January 18, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to Donald J. Winstead, Assistant
Director for Compensation Administration, Workforce Compensation and
Performance Service, Office of Personnel Management, Room 7H31, 1900 E
Street NW., Washington, DC 20415-8200, or FAX: (202) 606-4264.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chenty I. Carpenter at (202) 606-8359;
by FAX at (202) 606-4264; or by email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Defense (DOD) has
requested that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) change the
timing of local wage surveys in the Pennington, South Dakota,
nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area. Full-
scale wage surveys currently begin in January of each even-numbered
fiscal year. Full-scale wage surveys would begin in the future in June
of each even-numbered fiscal year. Under section 532.207 of title 5,
Code of Federal Regulations, the scheduling of wage surveys takes into
consideration the best timing in relation to wage adjustments in the
principal local private enterprise establishments, reasonable
distribution of workload of the lead agency, timing of surveys for
nearby wage areas, and scheduling relationships with other pay surveys.
DOD asked OPM to change the starting time for local wage surveys in
the Pennington wage area to June of even fiscal years to help avoid the
problems created by inclement weather in western South Dakota during
the month of January and to balance the overall workload of its NAF
survey office. DOD would conduct its regular wage-change survey in
January 2001, then it would conduct full-scale wage surveys in
Pennington County in June 2001 and June 2002.
The Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee, the national labor-
management committee responsible for advising OPM on matters concerning
the pay of FWS employees, recommended by consensus that we change the
full-scale survey cycle for the Pennington NAF wage area from January
of even-numbered fiscal years to June of even-numbered fiscal years.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
I certify that this regulation would not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities because it
would affect only Federal agencies and employees.
List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 532
Administrative practice and procedure, Freedom of information,
Government employees, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Wages.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Janice R. Lachance,
Director.
Accordingly, the Office of Personnel Management proposes to amend 5
CFR part 532 as follows:
PART 532--PREVAILING RATE SYSTEMS
1. The authority citation for part 532 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5343, 5346; Sec. 532.707 also issued under 5
U.S.C. 552.
Appendix A to Subpart B of Part 532 [Amended]
2. Appendix B to Subpart B is amended by revising under the
State of South Dakota the listing of beginning month of survey from
``January'' to ``June'' for the Pennington NAF wage area.
[FR Doc. 00-32286 Filed 12-18-00; 8:45 am]
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