96-16780. Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34500-34501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16780]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans 
Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and 
respondent burden, Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) invites the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on this 
information collection. This request for comment is being made pursuant 
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-13; 44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)). Comments should address the accuracy of the burden 
estimates and ways to minimize the burden including the use of 
automated collection techniques or the use of other forms of 
information technology, as well as other relevant aspects of the 
information collection.

DATES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposal for the 
collection of information should be received by no later than September 
3, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Nancy J. Kessinger, Veterans 
Benefits Administration (20M30), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 
Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420. All comments will become a 
matter of public record and will be summarized in the VBA request for 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval. In this document VBA is 
soliciting comments concerning the following information collection:
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0092.
    Title and Form Number: Counseling Record--Personal Information, VA 
Form 28-1902.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Need and Uses: A counseling psychologist uses the form to evaluate 
veteran claimants and assist eligible veterans to plan a suitable 
program of vocational rehabilitation. If needed, VA must develop a 
program of assistance and services to improve the veteran's potential 
to participate in vocational

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rehabilitation. VA must also provide counseling services to help a 
veteran or other beneficiary to select an educational, training, or 
employment objective.
    Current Actions: VA Form 28-1902 is used as part of the application 
for benefits, primary for Title 38 U.S.C., Chapter 31, vocational 
rehabilitation, but also for counseling under other VA educational 
benefit programs. The collection of information is necessary to provide 
educational, vocational, psychological, employment, and personal 
adjustment counseling that are part of the chapter 31 program.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 30,000 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 30 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 60,000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the reports should be directed to Department of Veterans 
Affairs, Attn: Ron Taylor, VA Clearance Officer (045A4), 810 Vermont 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, Telephone [phone] or FAX 
[phone].

    Dated: June 24, 1996.

    By direction of the Secretary.
William T. Morgan,
Management Analyst.
[FR Doc. 96-16780 Filed 7-1-96; 8:45 am]
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