[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 45479]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22717]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900-0178]
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 September 26, 1997.
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. 2900-0178.''
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title and Form Number: Monthly Certification of On-the-Job and
Apprenticeship Training, VA Form 22-6553d.
(Note. A reference to VA Form 22-6553d also includes VA Form 22-
6553d-1 unless otherwise specified. VA Form 22-6553d-1 contains the
same information as VA Form 22-6553d.)
OMB Control Number: 2900-0178.
Type of Review: Reinstatement, with change, of a previously
approved collection for which approval has expired.
Abstract: The form is used by trainees and employers to report the
number of hours worked in on-the-job training programs and
apprenticeships, and to report terminations of training in such
program. The information is used by the VA to determine whether a
trainee's education benefits are to be continued, changed or
terminated, and the effective date of such action.
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 December 30, 1996 at page 68817-68818.
Affected Public: Individuals or households, business or other for-
profit, not-for-profit institutions, Federal Government, and State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Estimated Annual Burden: 17,782 hours.
Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 5 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Monthly.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 12,375.
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. 2900-0178'' in any correspondence.
Dated: August 5, 1997.
By direction of the Secretary.
Donald L. Neilson,
Director, Information Management Service.
[FR Doc. 97-22717 Filed 8-26-97; 8:45 am]
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