[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 1675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-607]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900-NEW (Survey of Benefits Usage)]
Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review
AGENCY: Office of Planning and Analysis, 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 Office of
Planning and Analysis (OP&A), 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 February 10, 2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY OF THE SUBMISSION CONTACT: Denise
McLamb, Information Management Service (045A4), Department of Veterans
Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273-8030
or FAX (202) 273-5981. Please refer to ``Survey of Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits Usage.''
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Survey of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits
Usage.
Type of Review: New collection.
Abstract: The proposed telephone survey is intended to collect data
as part of a program evaluation to assess the effectiveness and
efficiency of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs which assist
the survivors of veterans and servicemembers who die of service-
connected disabilities (in the case of Dependency and Indemnity
Compensation) or with service-connected disabilities (in the case of
Insurance) and certain other veterans. This evaluation will fulfill the
ongoing requirements of Public Law 103-62, the Government Performance
and Results Act of 1993; Title 38, U.S.C., section 527, Evaluation and
Data Collection; and Title 38 CFR, Sec. 1.15, Standards for Program
Evaluation. In addition, this evaluation will fulfill the specific
requirements of Public Law 105-368, Section 303, Assessment of
Effectiveness of Insurance and Survivor Benefits Programs for Survivors
of Veterans with Service-connected Disabilities.
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 28, 1999, at page 58130.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Estimated Time Per Respondent and Annual Burden:
a. Beneficiaries of DIC Program:
789 Spouses @ 35 minutes per response = 460 hours.
203 Children @ 35 minutes per response = 118 hours.
b. 1,643 Nonparticipating Servicemembers/Veterans @ 35 minutes per
response = 411.
c. 1,637 Subscribing Servicemembers/Veterans @ 20 minutes = 546
hours.
d. 1,220 Insurance Beneficiaries @ 30 minutes = 610.
Frequency of Response: One-time.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,492.
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 ``Survey of
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits Usage.''
Dated: December 28, 1999.
By Direction of the Secretary.
Sandra McIntyre,
Management Analyst, Information Management Service.
[FR Doc. 00-607 Filed 1-10-00; 8:45 am]
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