Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0107]

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 22, 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. 2900-0107.''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Certificate as to Securities, VA Form 21-4709.

OMB Control Number: 2900-0107.

Type of Review: Reinstatement, with change, of a previously

approved collection for which approval has expired.

Abstract: The form is used to verify investment in saving bonds and

other securities reported in the accounting as part of the

beneficiary's estate. The information provided on the form provides VA

with an independent verification of the value of reported estate

assets. Without independent verification of assets, account audits

would be less useful in preventing asset diversion, fraud and abuse.

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 August 3, 1999 at pages 42171-42172.

Affected Public: Individuals or households, business or other for-

profit, not-for-profit institutions, State, Local or Tribal Government.

Estimated Annual Burden: 863 hours.

Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 12 minutes.

Frequency of Response: Generally one time.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,316.

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. 2900-0107'' in any correspondence.

Dated: November 1, 1999.

By direction of the Secretary.

Sandra S. McIntyre,

Program Analyst, Information Management Service.

[FR Doc. 99-30328 Filed 11-19-99; 8:45 am]

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