Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0396]

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 March 23, 1998.

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. 2900-0396.''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title and Form Number: Certification of Training (Under the Service

Members Occupational Conversion and Training Act), VA Form 22-8929.

OMB Control Number: 2900-0396.

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

approved collection for which approval has expired.

Abstract: Public Law 102-484 established the Service Members

Occupational Conversion and Training Act (SMOCTA). Section 4467

requires monthly or quarterly certification of training under SMOCTA.

An employer uses VA Form 22-8929 to advise VA of: (1) The number of

hours a veteran has worked in an approved program during each month;

(2) the amount and date of payment the employer has made to the veteran

for the purchase of any tools and work-related equipment; and (3) the

training status of the veteran (e.g., currently training,

satisfactorily completed training, quit, laid off, etc.). Continued use

of VA Form 22-8929 is necessary to authorize reimbursement to an

employer.

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 November 6, 1997 at page 60121.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, individuals or

households, State, Local or Tribal Government, and not-for-profit

institutions.

Estimated Annual Burden: 500 hours.

Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 30 minutes per

application.

Estimated Annual Recordkeeping Burden: 85 hours.

Estimated Average Burden Per Recordkeeper: 1 hour.

Frequency of Response: Monthly or Quarterly.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,000.

Estimated Number of Recordkeepers: 85.

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. 2900-0396'' in any correspondence.

Dated: January 26, 1998.

By direction of the Secretary.

Donald L. Neilson,

Director Information Management Service.

[FR Doc. 98-4137 Filed 2-18-98; 8:45 am]

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