Federal Register: November 1, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 211)
DOCID: FR Doc E6-18415
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
Management and Budget Office
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Commercial activities performance (Circular A-76):
DOCUMENT ACTION: Update to civilian position full fringe benefit cost factor, Federal pay raise assumptions, inflation factors, and tax rates used in OMB Circular No. A76, ``Performance of Commercial Activities.''
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Performance of Commercial Activities
DATES: Effective date: These changes are effective immediately and shall apply to all publicprivate competitions performed in accordance with OMB Circular A76, as revised in May 2003, where the performance decision has not been certified by the government before this date.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
OMB is updating the civilian position full fringe benefit cost factor used to compute the estimated cost of government performance in publicprivate competitions conducted pursuant to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A76. The civilian position full fringe benefit cost factor is comprised of four separate elements: (1) Insurance and health benefits, (2) standard civilian retirement benefits, (3) Medicare benefits, and (4) miscellaneous fringe benefits. OMB is updating the insurance and health benefits and standard civilian retirement benefits cost elements based on actuarial analyses provided by the Office of Personnel Management.
OMB is also updating the annual Federal pay raise assumptions and inflation cost factors used for computing the government's personnel and nonpay costs in Circular A76 publicprivate competitions. These annual pay raise assumptions and inflation factors are based on the President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2007. The tax rate tables used in connection with Circular A76 competitions have also been revised. 2
SUMMARY:
Civilian position full fringe benefit cost factor, Federal pay raise assumptions, inflation factors, and tax rates,
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Mathew Blum, Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), NEOB, Room 9013, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, Tel. No. 202395 4953.
Availability: Copies of OMB Circular A76, as revised by this
notice, may be obtained at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/index.html#numerical. Paper copies of the Circular may be obtained by
calling OFPP (tel: (202) 3957579).
Rob Portman,
Director.
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