Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0191]

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 October 28, 1999.

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

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

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273-8030

or FAX (202) 273-5981. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0191.''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Title: Application for Designation as Management Broker, VA Form

26-6685.

OMB Control Number: 2900-0191.

Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: It is the general policy of the VA to utilize the

services of local brokers in the sale and management of VA-owned

properties. Generally management activities are conducted by staff

personnel only when the property is in close proximity to a VA field

station and no reputable local brokers are willing to represent the VA.

Each management broker wishing to represent the VA must submit a signed

VA Form 26-6685. The information collected on the form, as well as

other relevant material, such as a credit report, is used to determine

the qualifications and acceptability of those management brokers who

apply to participate in this program.

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 June 22, 1999, at page 33344.

Affected Public: Business or other for profit.

Estimated Annual Burden: 63 hours.

Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 15 minutes.

Frequency of Response: Generally one-time.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 250.

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

12035, Washington, DC 20503 (202) 395-4650. Please refer to ``OMB

Control No. 2900-0191'' in any correspondence.

Dated: September 1, 1999.

By direction of the Secretary.

Donald L. Neilson,

Director, Information Management Service.

[FR Doc. 99-25129 Filed 9-27-99; 8:45 am]

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