[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 17, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2351-2352]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-670]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900-0178]
Agency Information Collection (Monthly Certification of On-the-
Job and Apprenticeship Training): Activity 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. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits
Administration (VBA), Department of
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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 February 16, 2012.
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. 2900-0178'' in any correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denise McLamb, Enterprise Records
Service (005R1B), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 632-7479, FAX (202) 273-0487 or email
[email protected]. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0178.''
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Monthly Certification of On-the-Job and Apprenticeship
Training, VA Forms 22-6553d and 22-6553d-1.
OMB Control Number: 2900-0178.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: Claimants receiving on the job and apprenticeship
training complete VA Form 22-6553d to report the number of hours
worked. Schools or training establishments also complete the form to
report whether the claimant's educational benefits are to be continued,
unchanged or terminated, and the effective date of such action. VA Form
22-6553d-1 is an identical printed copy of VA Form 22-6553d. Claimants
use VA Form 22-6553d-1 when the computer-generated version of VA Form
22-6553d is not available. VA uses the data collected to process a
claimant's educational benefit claim.
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 1, 2011, at pages 67559-67560.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 30,722 hours.
Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 10 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Monthly.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 20,481.
Number of Responses Annually: 184,329.
Dated: January 11, 2012.
By direction of the Secretary.
Denise McLamb,
Program Analyst, Enterprise Records Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-670 Filed 1-13-12; 8:45 am]
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