Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0353]

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 23, 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) 273-8135

or FAX (202) 273-5981. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0353.''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Certification of Lessons Completed, VA Forms 22-6553b and

22-6553b-1.

OMB Control Number: 2900-0353.

Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: VA Forms 22-6553b and 22-6553b-1 are used to determine

the number of lessons completed by the student and serviced by the

correspondence school, and if necessary to determine the date of

completion or termination of correspondence training. Without this

information, the VA would be unable to determine the proper payment or

the student's training status. These forms are considered to be one and

the same.

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 August 5, 1999 at pages 42762-42763.

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

profit.

Estimated Annual Burden: 2,031 hours.

Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 10 minutes.

Frequency of Response: Quarterly.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,036.

Estimated Number of Responses: 12,188.

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. 2900-0353'' in any correspondence.

Dated: November 1, 1999.

By direction of the Secretary.

Sandra S. McIntyre,

Program Analyst, Information Management Service.

[FR Doc. 99-30475 Filed 11-22-99; 8:45 am]

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