[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 5 (Friday, January 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 1120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-123]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-New (10-0478)]


Agency Information Collection (Health-Care Use Survey for 
Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) Veterans) 
Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Veterans Health 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 Health 
Administration, 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 and includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATE: Comments must be submitted on or before February 8, 2010.

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-New (10-0478)'' 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-New 
(10-0478).''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Health-Care Use Survey for Enduring Freedom and Operation 
Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) Veterans.
    OMB Control Number: 2900-New (10-0478).
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Abstract: The data collected will be used to better understand the 
factors that impact Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation 
Iraqi Freedom (OIF) veterans' use of healthcare services, both within 
and outside of the VA.
    The objectives of the study are to: (1) Examine the stigma-related 
barriers to VA health care; (2) document unique barriers to VA care for 
women and men; and (3) provide reliable and valid measures of barriers 
to care that can be used by other researchers to study factors that 
influence veterans' health care behaviors.
    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 4, 2009, at page 57221.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 1,058.
    Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 45 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,410.

    Dated: January 5, 2010.

    By direction of the Secretary:
Denise McLamb,
Program Analyst, Enterprise Records Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-123 Filed 1-7-10; 8:45 am]
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