[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 22 (Thursday, February 2, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5735-5736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1353]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0178]


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits Administration, 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. 3501-21), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits 
Administration (VBA), 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 March 6, 2006.

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) 565-8374, 
fax (202) 565-6950 or e-mail: [email protected]. Please refer 
to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0178.''
    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. 
2900-0178'' in any correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Monthly Certification of On-the-Job and Apprenticeship 
Training, VA Form 22-6553d and VA Form 22-6553d-1.
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0178.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Claimants receiving on the job and apprenticeship 
training complete VA Form 22-6553d to report the number of hours 
worked. Schools or training establishments also complete the form to 
report whether the claimant's educational benefits are to be continued 
unchanged or terminated, and the effective date of such action. VA Form 
22-6553d-1 is an identical printed copy of VA Form 22-6553d. Claimants 
use VA Form 22-6553d-1 when the computer-generated version of VA Form 
22-6553d is not available. VA uses the data collected to process a 
claimant's educational benefit claim. 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 11, 
2005, at page 59118.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, Business or other for-
profit, Not-for-profit institutions, Federal Government, and State, 
Local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 15,750 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 10 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: Monthly.

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    Estimated Number of Respondents: 10,500.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 94,500.

    Dated: January 23, 2006.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Denise McLamb,
Program Analyst, Records Management Service.
 [FR Doc. E6-1353 Filed 2-1-06; 8:45 am]
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