Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0432]

Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans

Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995

(44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans

Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has

submitted the collection of information abstracted below to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The PRA

submission describes the nature of the information collection and its

expected cost and burden; it includes the actual data collection

instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 1, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY OF THE SUBMISSION CONTACT: Ron

Taylor, Information Management Service (045A4), Department of Veterans

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273-8015

or FAX (202) 273-5981. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0432.''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Titles and Form Numbers: Invitation, Bid, and/or Acceptance or

Authorization, VA Form 26-6724.

OMB Control Number: 2900-0432.

Type of Review: Reinstatement, without change, of a previously

approved collection for which approval has expired.

Abstract: The form is used to solicit competitive bids or serves as

a work order for the repair of properties acquired by the VA. In

addition, the form serves as a record of a contractor's bid, the VA's

acceptance of a bid, inspection of completed work, and a contractor's

invoice and payment authorization. Without the use of VA Form 26-6724,

the VA would have to rely on contractors to submit bids on separate

documents and would not have the advantage of a single record of each

repair program's specification, bid, acceptance, inspection, and

payment authorization.

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An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required

to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a

currently valid OMB control number. The Federal Register notice with a

60-day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of

information was published on October 31, 1996 at page 56267.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: The annual burden is estimated at

25,000 hours. However, VA is requesting one (1) hour inventory purposes

only. The solicitation of bids is a common practice in the real estate

management industry and the submission of bids is routine with repair

contractors.

Estimated Total Average Burden Per Respondent: 30 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Number of Respondents: 50,000.

Send comments and recommendations concerning any aspect of the

information collection to VA's OMB Desk Officer, Allison Eydt, OMB

Human Resources and Housing Branch, New Executive Office Building, Room

10235, Washington, DC 20503 (202) 395-4650. Please refer to ``OMB

Control No. 2900-0432'' in any correspondence.

Dated: October 8, 1997.

By direction of the Secretary.

Barbara Epps,

Management Analyst, Information Management Service.

[FR Doc. 97-28719 Filed 10-29-97; 8:45 am]

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