[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 21 (Thursday, January 31, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 6852]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-02035]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900-0518]
Agency Information Collection (Income Verification) 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 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 4, 2013.
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. 2900-0518'' in any correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Crystal Rennie, Enterprise Records
Service (005R1B), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 632-7492, FAX (202) 632-7583 or email
[email protected]. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0518.''
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Income Verification, VA Form 21-0161a.
OMB Control Number: 2900-0518.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: VA Form 21-0161a is completed by employers of
beneficiaries who have been identified as having inaccurately reported
their income to VA. The data collected is used to determine the
beneficiary's entitlement to income dependent 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 control number. The Federal Register Notice with a
60-day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of
information was published on October 22, 2012, at pages 64596-64597.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Estimated Annual Burden: 15,000 hours.
Frequency of Response: One time.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 30 minutes.
Estimated Annual Responses: 30,000.
Dated: January 25, 2013.
By direction of the Secretary.
William F. Russo,
Deputy Director, Office of Regulations Policy and Management, Office of
General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2013-02035 Filed 1-30-13; 8:45 am]
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