[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 104 (Friday, May 30, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32581-32582]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-13549]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0165]


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Office of Management, 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 
Management (OM), 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 June 30, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY OF THE SUBMISSION CONTACT: Denise 
McLamb, Records Management Service (005E3), Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273-8030, 
FAX (202) 273-5981 or e-mail: [email protected]. Please refer 
to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0165.''
    Send comments and recommendations concerning any aspect of the 
information collection 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. 
2900-0165'' in any correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Financial Status Report, VA Form 
5655.
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0165.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: VA Form 5655 is attached to first collection letters sent 
to debtors owing VA benefit debts. Submission of the completed form is 
voluntary on the part of the debtor unless he or she requests waiver of 
collection, makes a compromise offer, wishes to make installment 
payments or establish his or her inability to pay the debt under any 
circumstances. Federal employees subject to salary offset may use Form 
5655 to support their contention that the proposed offset schedule 
would create extreme hardship. The information obtained is used to 
determine the financial status of the debtors.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to a collection of information

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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 March 19, 2003, at 
pages 13363-13364.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 45,553 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 60 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 45,553.

    Dated: May 16, 2003.
    By direction of the Secretary.
Jacqueline Parks,
IT Specialist, Records Management Service.
[FR Doc. 03-13549 Filed 5-29-03; 8:45 am]
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