[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 143 (Tuesday, July 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40578-40579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19060]
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DEPARTMMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: Officer of the Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness).
ACTION: Notice.
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In compliance with section 3506(c)(2) of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel
and Readiness) announced the following proposed renewal of a public
information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions
thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions
of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden of the
proposed information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways
to minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by
September 27, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposed
information collection should be sent to the Office of the Under
Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) (Force Management
Policy/Military Personnel Policy/Compensation), ATTN: Lt Col Joseph L.
Brown, 4000 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-4000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this
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proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and
associated collection instruments, please write to the above address or
call (703) 693-1068.
Title, Associated Form, and OMB Control Number: Validation of
Public or Community Service Employment Performed by retired Personnel
Retired Under the Temporary Early Retirement Authority (TERA) for
Increased Retirement Compensation, DD Form 2676, 0704-0357.
Needs and Uses: This information collection requirement is
necessary to validate and credit increased retirement compensation for
qualifying public or community service employment performed by retired
personnel of the Armed Forces who retired under the early retirement
program.
Affected Public: Individuals and households; not-for-profit
institutions; Federal Government; State, local or Tribal Government.
Annual Budget Hours: 333.
Number of Respondents: 2,000.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.
Frequency: Upon employment, annually, and at the end of employment.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Summary of Information Collection
Retired personnel employed by a public or community service
employer, listed on the Registry of Public and Community Service
Organizations, receive military service credit for all qualifying
periods of employment during the enhanced retirement qualification
period. This is the period beginning on the date of retirement and
ending on the date the retired person would have attained 20 years of
creditable service for retired pay purposes. Employers certify full-
time, paid employment (full-time employment is defined by the
organization concerned, but is typically at least 33 hours per week or
143 hours per month, including paid holidays and paid periods of leave
or vacation). Retired personnel then mail the validation form to the
Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) for review and processing in a data
base designed for this purpose. For each qualifying period of
employment, the amount of military service credit shall be computed by
subtracting the date of the first day of employment or the first day of
the enhanced retirement qualification period, whichever is later, from
the date of the last day of employment or the last day of the enhanced
retirement qualification period, whichever is earlier, and adding 1 day
to account for inclusive dates. DMDC will then send retired personnel
blank forms for future certification.
Dated: July 21, 1999.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 99-19060 Filed 7-26-99; 8:45 am]
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