[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 21, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 3674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-1058]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0178]


Agency Information Collection (Monthly Certification of On-the-
Job and Apprenticeship Training) 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. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits 
Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit 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.

DATE: Comments must be submitted on or before February 20, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information 
through http://www.Regulations.gov or 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denise McLamb, Enterprise Records 
Service (005R1B), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-7485, FAX (202) 273-0443 or e-mail 
[email protected]. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0178.''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Monthly Certification of On-the-Job and Apprenticeship 
Training, VA Forms 22-6553d and 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 November 10, 2008, at page 66690.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 30,722 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 10 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: Monthly.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 20,481.
    Number of Responses Annually: 184,329.

    Dated: January 12, 2009.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Denise McLamb,
Program Analyst, Enterprise Records Service.
 [FR Doc. E9-1058 Filed 1-16-09; 8:45 am]
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