Federal Register / Vol. 73, No.
21 / Thursday, January 31, 2008 / Notices
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before March 3, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information through
www.Regulations.gov or to VA’s OMB
Desk Officer, OMB Human Resources
and Housing Branch, New Executive
Office Building, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503 (202) 395–7316.
Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–
0704’’ in any correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Denise McLamb, Records Management
Service (005R1B), Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461–
7485, FAX (202) 273–0443 or e-mail
denise.mclamb@mail.va.gov. Please
refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0704.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: VA/DOD Joint Disability
Evaluation Board Claim, VA Form 21–
0819.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0704.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: As a result of President
Bush’s Interagency Task Force on
Returning Global War on Terror Heroes,
VA and the Department of Defense
(DOD) have agreed to develop a joint
process in which Global War on Terror
(GWOT) service members are evaluated
to assign disability ratings, which will
be used to determine military retention,
level of disability for retirement, and VA
disability compensation. VA Form 21–
0819 will be used to gather the
necessary information to determine the
service member’s eligibility for
participation in a joint DOD/VA
Disability Evaluation Board and VA
compensation after separation from
service.
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, 2007, at page 62733.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 7,000
hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 30 minutes.
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Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
14,000.
Dated: January 17, 2008.
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By direction of the Secretary.
Denise McLamb,
Program Analyst, Records Management
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0663]
Agency Information Collection (Pay
Now Enter Info Page) Under OMB
Review
AGENCY: Office of Management,
Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3521), this notice
announces that the Office of
Management (OM), Department of
Veterans Affairs, will submit 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 3, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information through
www.Regulations.gov or to VA’s OMB
Desk Officer, OMB Human Resources
and Housing Branch, New Executive
Office Building, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503 (202) 395–7316.
Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–
0663’’ in any correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Denise McLamb, Records Management
Service (005R1B), Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461–
7485, FAX (202) 273–0443 or e-mail
denise.mclamb@mail.va.gov. Please
refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0663.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Pay Now Enter Info Page.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0663.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: Claimants who participated
in VA’s benefit programs and owe debts
to VA can voluntary make online
payments through VA’s Pay Now Enter
Info Page Web site. Data enter on the
Pay Now Enter Info Page is redirected to
the Department of Treasury’s Pay.gov
Web site allowing claimants to make
payments with credit or debit cards, or
directly from their bank account. At the
conclusion of the transaction, the
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claimant will receive a confirmation
acknowledging the success or failure of
the transaction.
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 16, 2007, at pages 64705–
64706.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 5,000
hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 10 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Daily.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
30,000.
Dated: January 23, 2008.
By direction of the Secretary.
Denise McLamb,
Program Analyst, Records Management
Service.
[FR Doc. E8–1677 Filed 1–30–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0028]
Agency Information Collection
(Application of Service Representative
for Placement on Mailing List) Under
OMB Review
AGENCY: Office of Information and
Technology, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501–21), this notice
announces that the Office of Information
and Technology (IT), Department of
Veterans Affairs, will submit 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 and
includes the actual data collection
instrument.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before March 3, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information through
www.Regulations.gov or to VA’s OMB
Desk Officer, OMB Human Resources
and Housing Branch, New Executive
Office Building, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503 (202) 395–7316.
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Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–
0028’’ in any correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Denise McLamb, Records Management
Service (005R1B), Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461–
7485, FAX (202) 273–0443 or e-mail
denise.mclamb@mail.va.gov. Please
refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0028.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Titles:
a. Application of Service
Representative for Placement on Mailing
List, VA Form 3215.
b. Request for and Consent to Release
of Information from Claimant’s Records,
VA Form 3288.
c. Request to Correspondent for
Identifying Information, VA Form Letter
70–2.
d. 38 CFR 1.519(A) Lists of Names
and Addresses.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0028.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Abstracts:
a. VA operates an outreach services
program to ensure veterans and
beneficiaries have information about
benefits and services to which they may
be entitled. To support the program, VA
distributes copies of publications to
Veterans Service Organizations’
representatives to be used in rendering
services and representation of veterans,
their spouses and dependents. Service
organizations complete VA Form 3215
to request placement on a mailing list
for specific VA publications.
b. Veterans or beneficiaries complete
VA Form 3288 to provide VA with a
written consent to release his or her
records or information to third parties
such as insurance companies,
physicians and other individuals.
c. VA Form Letter 70–2 is used to
obtain additional information from a
correspondent when the incoming
correspondence does not provide
sufficient information to identify a
veteran. VA personnel use the
information to identify the veteran,
determine the location of a specific file,
and to accomplish the action requested
by the correspondent such as processing
a benefit claim or file material in the
individual’s claims folder.
d. Title 38 U.S.C. 5701(f)(1)
authorized the disclosure of names or
addresses, or both of present or former
members of the Armed Forces and/or
their beneficiaries to nonprofit
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organizations (including members of
Congress) to notify veterans of Title 38
benefits and to provide assistance to
veterans in obtaining these benefits.
This release includes VA’s Outreach
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Program for the purpose of advising
veterans of non-VA Federal State and
local benefits and programs.
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 16, 2007, at pages 64706–
64707.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households, not for profit institutions,
and State, local or tribal government.
Estimated Annual Burden:
a. Application of Service
Representative for Placement on Mailing
List, VA Form 3215—25 hours.
b. Request for and Consent to Release
of Information From Claimant’s
Records, VA Form 3288—18,875 hours.
c. Request to Correspondent for
Identifying Information, VA Form Letter
70–2—3,750 hours.
d. 38 CFR 1.519(A) Lists of Names
and Addresses—50 hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent:
a. Application of Service
Representative for Placement on Mailing
List, VA Form 3215—10 minutes.
b. Request for and Consent to Release
of Information From Claimant’s
Records, VA Form 3288—7.5 minutes.
c. Request to Correspondent for
Identifying Information, VA Form Letter
70–2—5 minutes.
d. 38 CFR 1.519(A) Lists of Names
and Addresses—60 minutes.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
a. Application of Service
Representative for Placement on Mailing
List, VA Form 3215—150.
b. Request for and Consent to Release
of Information From Claimant’s
Records, VA Form 3288—151,000.
c. Request to Correspondent for
Identifying Information, VA Form Letter
70–2—45,000.
d. 38 CFR 1.519(A) Lists of Names
and Addresses—50.
Dated: January 23, 2008.
By direction of the Secretary.
Denise McLamb,
Program Analyst, Records Management
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0055]
Agency Information Collection
(Request for Determination of Loan
Guaranty Eligibility—Unmarried
Surviving Spouses) Activities Under
OMB Review
AGENCY: Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3521), this notice
announces that the Veterans Benefits
Administration (VBA), Department of
Veterans Affairs, will submit 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 3, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information through
www.Regulations.gov or to VA’s OMB
Desk Officer, OMB Human Resources
and Housing Branch, New Executive
Office Building, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503 (202) 395–7316.
Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–
0055’’ in any correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Denise McLamb, Records Management
Service (005R1B), Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461–
7485, FAX (202) 273–0443 or e-mail
denise.mclamb@mail.va.gov. Please
refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0055.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Request for Determination of
Loan Guaranty Eligibility—Unmarried
Surviving Spouses, VA Form 26–1817.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0055.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: Unmarried surviving spouse
of a veteran whose death occurred while
serving on active duty or was a direct
result of service-connected disabilities
completes VA Form 26–1817 to request
a certificate of eligibility for home loan
benefits. VA uses the data collected to
verify the veteran’s service-connected
death and to determine the applicant’s
eligibility for home loan benefits.
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
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