30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP) Enrollment System

Published date05 June 2019
Citation84 FR 26171
Record Number2019-11681
SectionNotices
CourtPersonnel Management Office
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 108 (Wednesday, June 5, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 5, 2019)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 26171-26172]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-11681]
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                OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
                30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Federal
                Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP) Enrollment
                System
                AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.
                ACTION: 30-Day notice; reopening of comment period.
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                SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general
                public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on an
                existing information collection request (ICR) 3206-0272, Federal
                Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP) Enrollment
                System. 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 March 12, 2019 allowing for a 60-day public comment
                period. No comments were received for this information collection. The
                purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public
                comments.
                DATES: OPM is reopening the comment period for the notice published on
                March 12, 2019 (84 FR 8916). Comments are encouraged and will be
                accepted until July 5, 2019. This process is conducted in accordance
                with 5 CFR 1320.1.
                ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on
                the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and
                Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street
                NW, Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of
                Personnel Management or sent via electronic mail to
                [email protected] or faxed to (202) 395-6974.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of this ICR, with applicable
                supporting documentation, may be obtained by contacting Julia Elam,
                Office of Personnel Management, 1600 E St. NW, Rm. 4316-AL, Washington,
                DC 20415 Attention: Julia Elam or send via electronic mail to
                [email protected].
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Employees Dental and Vision
                Insurance Program Enrollment System uses BENEFEDS, which is the secure
                enrollment website sponsored by OPM that allows eligible individuals to
                enroll or change enrollment in a FEDVIP plan. Eligible individuals use
                the system to enroll or change enrollment during the annual Open Season
                or when
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                experiencing a qualifying life event under 5 CFR 894.101. Federal
                Civilian and U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employees, retirees
                (annuitants), survivor annuitants, compensationers, and their eligible
                family members can enroll and be enrolled in FEDVIP. In addition, most
                uniformed services retirees and their families became eligible to
                enroll in dental and vision insurance and most uniformed services
                active duty family members became eligible to enroll in vision
                insurance under FEDVIP during the 2018 Open Season for coverage
                effective January 1, 2019. OPM uses this enrollment system to carry out
                its responsibility to administer the FEDVIP in accordance with 5 U.S.C.
                chapters 89A and 89B and implementing regulations (5 CFR part 894) but
                has been doing so without an OMB control number.
                 As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13,
                44 U.S.C. chapter 35) OPM is soliciting comments for this collection
                (OMB No. 3206-0272). 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.
                 Agency: Office of Personnel Management.
                 Title: Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program
                (FEDVIP) Enrollment System.
                 OMB Number: 3206-0272.
                 Frequency: On occasion.
                 Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
                 Number of Respondents: 332,304.
                 Estimated Time per Respondent: 8 minutes.
                 Total Burden Hours: 44,307 hours.
                Office of Personnel Management.
                Alexys Stanley,
                Regulatory Affairs Analyst.
                [FR Doc. 2019-11681 Filed 6-3-19; 4:15 pm]
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