AGENCY:
Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION:
Notice.
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 and includes the actual data collection instrument.
DATES:
Comments must be submitted on or before March 22, 2004.
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: denise.mclamb@mail.va.gov. Please refer to “OMB Control No. 2900-0176.”
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. 2900-0176” in any correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Monthly Record of Training and Wages, VA Form 28-1905c.
OMB Control Number: 2900-0176.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: On-job trainers use VA Form 20-1905c to maintain accurate records on a trainee's progress toward their rehabilitation goals as well as recording the trainee's on-job training monthly wages. Trainers report these wages on the form at the beginning of the program and at any time the trainee's wage rate changes. Following a trainee's completion of a vocational rehabilitation program, the trainer submits the form to the trainee's case manager to monitor the participant's training and to ensure that the participant is progressing and learning the skills necessary to carry out the duties of the occupational goal.
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 13, 2003, at pages 64429-64430.
Affected Public: Individuals or households, business or other for-profit.
Estimated Annual Burden: 3,000 hours.
Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 15 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Monthly.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 12,000.
Dated: February 9, 2004.
By direction of the Secretary.
Loise Russell,
Director, Records Management Service.
[FR Doc. 04-3724 Filed 2-19-04; 8:45 am]
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