Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Revision of an Information Collection: RI 38-31

Résumé

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for revision of an information collection. RI 38-31, Request for Information About Your Missing Payment, is sent in response to a notification by an individual of the loss or non-receipt of a payment from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund. The form requests the information needed to enable OPM to trace and or reissue payment. Missing payments may also be reported to OPM by a telephone call. Approximately 8,000 missing payment requests for both Treasury checks and electronic funds transfers (EFT's) are processed each year; 500 RI 38-31 forms will be completed annually while 7,500 telephone calls are received at OPM. We estimate it takes approximately 10 minutes to complete the form for missing Treasury checks or to report the missing payment by telephone. Approximately 50 RI 38-31 forms are completed for missing EFT payments; we estimate it takes 30 minutes because financial institution information and signature(s) are required. The combined