[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 323]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33703]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0034]


Agency Information Collection (Trainee Request for Leave): 
Activity 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.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 3, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information 
through 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. 2900-0034'' 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) 632-7479, FAX (202) 273-0487 or email 
[email protected]. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0034.''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Trainee Request for Leave--Chapter 31, Title 38, U. S. C., 
VA Form 28-1905h.
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0034.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Claimants complete VA Form 28-1905h to request leave from 
their Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program training. The 
trainer or authorized school official must verify that the absence will 
or will not interfere with claimant's progress in the program. 
Claimants will continue to receive subsistence allowance and other 
program services during the leave period as if he or she were attending 
training. Disapproval of the request may result in loss of subsistence 
allowance for the leave period.
    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 12, 2011, at page 63354.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 7,500 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 15 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 30,000.

    Dated: December 28, 2011.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Denise McLamb,
Program Analyst, Enterprise Records Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-33703 Filed 1-3-12; 8:45 am]
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