[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 8, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6844-6845]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2713]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900-0028]
Agency Information Collection (Application of Service
Representative for Placement on Mailing List) Activity Under OMB Review
AGENCY: Office of Information and Technology, 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 Office of
Information and Technology, 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.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 10, 2011.
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. 2900-0028'' 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) 461-0966 or e-mail
[email protected]. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0028.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Titles
a. Application of Service Representative for Placement on Mailing
List, VA Form 3215.
b. Request for and Consent to Release of Information from
Claimant's Records, VA Form 3288.
c. Request to Correspondent for Identifying Information, VA Form
Letter 70-2.
d. 38 CFR 1.519(A) Lists of Names and Addresses.
OMB Control Number: 2900-0028.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Abstracts
a. VA operates an outreach services program to ensure veterans and
beneficiaries have information about benefits and services to which
they may be entitled. To support the program, VA distributes copies of
publications to Veterans Service Organizations' representatives to be
used in rendering services and representation of veterans, their
spouses and dependents. Service organizations complete VA Form 3215 to
request placement on a mailing list for specific VA publications.
b. Veterans or beneficiaries complete VA Form 3288 to provide VA
with a written consent to release his or her records or information to
third parties such as insurance companies, physicians and other
individuals.
c. VA Form Letter 70-2 is used to obtain additional information
from a correspondent when the incoming correspondence does not provide
sufficient information to identify a veteran. VA personnel use the
information to identify the veteran, determine the location of a
specific file, and to accomplish the action requested by the
correspondent such as processing a benefit claim or file material in
the individual's claims folder.
d. Title 38 U.S.C. 5701(f)(1) authorized the disclosure of names or
addresses, or both of present or former members of the Armed Forces
and/or their beneficiaries to nonprofit organizations (including
members of Congress) to notify veterans of Title 38 benefits and to
provide assistance to veterans in obtaining these benefits. This
release includes VA's Outreach Program for the purpose of advising
veterans of non-VA Federal State and local benefits and programs.
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
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control number. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period soliciting comments on this collection of information was
published on November 24, 2010, at pages 71795-71796.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Estimated Annual Burden
a. Application of Service Representative for Placement on Mailing
List, VA Form 3215--25 hours.
b. Request for and Consent to Release of Information from
Claimant's Records, VA Form 3288--18,875 hours.
c. Request to Correspondent for Identifying Information, VA Form
Letter 70-2--3,750 hours.
d. 38 CFR 1.519(A) Lists of Names and Addresses--50 hours.
Estimated Average Burden per Respondent
a. Application of Service Representative for Placement on Mailing
List, VA Form 3215--10 minutes.
b. Request for and Consent to Release of Information from
Claimant's Records, VA Form 3288--7.5 minutes.
c. Request to Correspondent for Identifying Information, VA Form
Letter 70-2--5 minutes.
d. 38 CFR 1.519(A) Lists of Names and Addresses--60 minutes.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Number of Respondents
a. Application of Service Representative for Placement on Mailing
List, VA Form 3215--150.
b. Request for and Consent to Release of Information from
Claimant's Records, VA Form 3288--151,000.
c. Request to Correspondent for Identifying Information, VA Form
Letter 70-2--45,000.
d. 38 CFR 1.519(A) Lists of Names and Addresses--50.
Dated: February 3, 2011.
By direction of the Secretary.
Denise McLamb,
Program Analyst, Enterprise Records Service.
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