[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 212 (Thursday, October 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 56267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27895]


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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, the 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 on or before December 30, 
1996.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Veterans Benefits 
Administration (20S52), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont 
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420. All written 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: 2900-0423.
    Titles and Form Numbers: Invitation, Bid, and/or Acceptance or 
Authorization, VA Form 26-6724.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Need and Uses: The form is used to solicit competitive bids or 
serves as a work order for the repair of properties acquired by the VA. 
In addition, the form serves as a record of a contractor's bid, the 
VA's acceptance of a bid, inspection of completed work, and a 
contractor's invoice and payment authorization.
    Current Actions: In the operation of home loan activities 
authorized by 38 U.S.C., Chapter 37, the VA acquires residential 
properties which are rehabilitated and rented or sold. Without the use 
of VA Form 26-6724, the VA would have to rely on contractors to submit 
bids on separate documents and would not have the advantage of a single 
record of each repair program's specification, bid, acceptance, 
inspection, and payment authorization.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 25,000 hours.
    Estimated Total Average Burden Per Respondent: 30 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Number of Respondents: 50,000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the form should be directed to Department of Veterans 
Affairs, Attn: Nancy Kessinger, Veterans Benefits Administration 
(20S52), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420, telephone (202) 
273-7079 or FAX (202) 275-4884.

    Dated: October 18, 1996.

    By direction of the Secretary.
William T. Morgan,
Management Analyst.
[FR Doc. 96-27895 Filed 10-30-96; 8:45 am]
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