[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR179.208]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 179--CLAIMS COLLECTION STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart B--Salary Offset
 
Sec. 179.208  Certification.

    (a) OPM salary offset coordinator shall provide a certification to 
the paying agency in all cases where:
    (1) The hearing official determines that a debt exists;
    (2) The employee fails to contest the existence and amount of the 
debt by failing to request a hearing; or
    (3) The employee fails to contest the existence of the debt by 
failing to appear at a hearing.
    (b) The certification must be in writing and must state:
    (1) That the employee owes the debt;
    (2) The amount and basis of the debt;
    (3) The date the Government's right to collect the debt first 
accrued;
    (4) That the Office's regulations have been approved by OPM pursuant 
to 5 CFR part 550, subpart K;
    (5) The date on which payment(s) is due;
    (6) If the collection is to be made in installments, the number of 
installments to be collected, the amount of each installment or 
percentage of disposable pay, and the commencement date of the first 
installment, if a date other than the next officially established pay 
period is required; and
    (7) The date(s) of any action(s) taken under 5 U.S.C. 5514(b).