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.