[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 14, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53046-53047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20571]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-NEW (Pension and Parents DIC Participants)]


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Office of Policy and Planning, 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 
Policy and Planning (OPPA), 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 September 13, 2002.

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 or e-mail: [email protected]. Please 
refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-NEW (Pension and Parents DIC 
Participants)''.
    Send comments and recommendations concerning any aspect of the 
information collection to VA's 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-NEW 
(Pension and Parents DIC Participants)''.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Survey of Department of Veterans Affairs Pension and Parents 
DIC Participants.
    OMB Control Number: 2900-New.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Abstract: The purpose of this evaluation is to assess the 
effectiveness and efficiency of the VA Pension and Parents DIC 
programs. These are needs-based programs that provide benefits to 
wartime veterans who are permanently and totally disabled due to non-
service-connected causes, surviving spouses of deceased wartime 
veterans, and needy parents of veterans whose deaths were service-
connected.
    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

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control number. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment 
period soliciting comments on this collection of information was 
published on June 4, 2002, at pages 38547-38548.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent and Annual Burden: 2,871 hours.
    a. Veterans @ 45 minutes per response = 981.75 hours.
    b. Spouses @ 45 minutes per response = 978 hours.
    c. Parents @ 45 minutes per response = 911.25 hours.
    Frequency of Response: One-time.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,828.
    a. Veterans--1,309.
    b. Spouses--1,304.
    c. Parents--1,215.

    Dated: August 6, 2002.

    By direction of the Secretary:
Ernesto Castro,
Director, Records Management Service.
[FR Doc. 02-20571 Filed 8-13-02; 8:45 am]
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