[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 64 (Monday, April 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 16525]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8189]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900-0270]
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.
DATE: Comments must be submitted on or before May 5, 1999.
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. 2900-0270.''
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Financial Counseling Statement, VA Form 26-8844.
OMB Control Number: 2900-0270.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: The form is part of VA's supplemental servicing program
for helping veteran-borrowers who are seriously delinquent on
guaranteed or insured VA home loans. In VA's supplemental servicing
effort, financial counseling is performed in appropriate cases to
afford veteran-borrowers the maximum assistance possible to retain
their homes during periods of temporary financial difficulty. The
information collected is used by VA to make recommendations to the
borrower in an effort to help the borrower cure the default status of
the loan.
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 September 24, 1998 at page 51120.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 3,750 hours.
Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 45 minutes.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,000.
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. 2900-0029'' in any correspondence.
Dated: March 2, 1999.
By direction of the Secretary.
Donald L. Neilson,
Director, Information Management Service.
[FR Doc. 99-8189 Filed 4-2-99; 8:45 am]
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