[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 251 (Monday, December 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 68818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-33080]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of Management, Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and 
respondent burden, the Office of Management (OM) 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 February 28, 
1997.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Barbara Epps, Office of 
Management (045A4), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, 
NW, Washington, DC 20420. All comments will become a matter of public 
record and will be summarized in the OM request for Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) approval. In this document the OM is 
soliciting comments concerning the following information collection:
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0078.
    Title: Request to Correspondent for Identifying Information, VA 
Form Letter 70-2.
    Type of Review: Reinstatement, without change, of a previously 
approved collection for which approval has expired.
    Need and Uses: The form letter is used to obtain additional 
information from a correspondent when the incoming correspondence does 
not provide sufficient information to identify a specific veteran. 
Failure to obtain this information may prevent VA from taking action on 
the correspondence.
    Current Actions: The form letter is used by VA personnel to 
identify a specific veteran, determine the location of a specific file, 
and to accomplish the action requested by the correspondent such as, 
process a benefit claim or file material in an individual's claims 
folder. Completion of VA Form Letter 70-2 is voluntary and failure to 
furnish the requested information has no adverse effect on either the 
veteran or the correspondent.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 3,750 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 5 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 45,000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the form should be directed to Department of Veterans 
Affairs, Attn: Barbara Epps, Office of Management (045A4), 810 Vermont 
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420, Telephone (202) 273-8013 or FAX (202) 
273-5981.

    Dated: December 16, 1996.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Donald L. Neilson,
Information Management Service.
[FR Doc. 96-33080 Filed 12-27-96; 8:45 am]
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