[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: 5CFR179.211]

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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. 179.211  Notice of salary offset.

    (a) Upon receipt of proper certification from a creditor agency, the 
OPM payroll office will send the OPM employee, identified in the 
certification as the debtor, a written notice of salary offset. Such 
notice shall, at a minimum:
    (1) State that OPM has received a properly certified debt claim from 
a creditor agency;
    (2) Contain a copy of the certification received from the creditor 
agency;
    (3) Advise the employee that salary offset will be initiated at the 
next officially established pay interval; and
    (4) State the amount of the claim and amount of deductions.
    (b) The payroll office shall provide a copy of the notice to the 
creditor agency and advise such agency of the dollar amount to be offset 
and the pay period when the offset will begin.