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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 202 / Monday, October 20, 2014 / Notices

(d) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection on respondents, including
through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology; and
(e) Estimates of capital or start-up
costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information.
Dated: October 10, 2014.
Stuart E. Feldstein,
Director, Legislative & Regulatory Activities
Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0209]

Proposed Information Collection
(Application for Work-Study
Allowance) Activity: Comment Request
Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Veterans Benefits
Administration (VBA), Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an
opportunity for public comment on the
proposed collection of certain
information by the agency. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, Federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
revision of currently approved
collection, and allow 60 days for public
comment in response to the notice. This
notice solicits comments for information
needed to determine a claimant’s
eligibility for work-study benefits.
DATES: Written comments and
recommendations on the proposed
collection of information should be
received on or before December 19,
2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information through
the Federal Docket Management System
(FDMS) at www.Regulations.gov or to
Nancy J. Kessinger, Veterans Benefits
Administration (20M35), Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20420 or email to
[email protected]. Please refer to
‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0209’’ in any
correspondence. During the comment
period, comments may be viewed online
through FDMS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nancy J. Kessinger at (202) 632–8924 or
FAX (202) 632–8925.

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Under the
PRA of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13; 44 U.S.C.
3501–3521), Federal agencies must
obtain approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct
or sponsor. This request for comment is
being made pursuant to Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA.
With respect to the following
collection of information, VBA invites
comments on: (1) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of VBA’s
functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of VBA’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information; (3) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
the use of other forms of information
technology.
Titles:
a. Application for Work-Study
Allowance, VA Form 22–8691.
b. Student Work-Study Agreement
(Advance Payment), VA Form 22–8692.
c. Extended Student Work-Study
Agreement, VA Form 22–8692a.
d. Work-Study Agreement, VA Form
22–8692b.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0209.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstracts:
a. VA Form 22–8691 is used by
claimants to apply for work-study
benefits.
b. VA Form 22–8692 is used to
request an advance payment of workstudy allowance.
c. VA Form 22–8692a is used by a
claimant to extend his or her workstudy contract.
d. VA Form 22–8692b is used by
claimants who do not want a workstudy advanced allowance payment.
The data collected is used to
determine an applicant’s eligibility for
work-study allowance and the amount
payable.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Annual Burden:
a. VA Form 22–8691—5,008 hours.
b. VA Form 22–8692 & VA Form 22–
8692b—1,296 hours.
c. VA Form 22–8692a—153 hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent:
a. VA Form 22–8691—15 minutes.
b. VA Form 22–8692—5 minutes.
c. VA Form 22–8692a—3 minutes.
d. VA Form 22–8692b—5 minutes.

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Frequency of Response: Annually.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
a. VA Form 22–8691—20,032.
b. VA Form 22–8692 & VA Form 22–
8692a—15,549.
c. VA Form 22–8692b—3,054.
Dated: October 15, 2014.
By direction of the Secretary.
Crystal Rennie,
VA Department Clearance Officer,
Department of Veterans Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Advisory Committee on Prosthetics
and Special-Disabilities Programs;
Notice of Meeting
The Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) gives notice under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App.
2, that a meeting and site visit of the
Federal Advisory Committee on
Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities
Programs will be held on November 4–
5, 2014, in Room 2K–113–115 at the
Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical
Center, 1201 Broad Rock Boulevard,
Richmond, VA 23249. The meeting will
convene at 8:30 a.m. on both days, and
will adjourn at 4:30 p.m. on November
4 and at 12 noon on November 5.
Meetings are open to the public except
when the Committee is touring medical
facilities. The site visit will include
several closed sessions, to protect
patient privacy during tours of medical
facilities. Closing portions of the
sessions are in accordance with 5 U.S.C.
552b(c)(6).
The purpose of the Committee is to
advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
on VA’s prosthetics programs designed
to provide state-of-the-art prosthetics
and the associated rehabilitation
research, development, and evaluation
of such technology. The Committee also
provides advice to the Secretary on
special-disabilities programs, which are
defined as any program administered by
the Secretary to serve Veterans with
spinal cord injuries, blindness or visual
impairments, loss of extremities or loss
of function, deafness or hearing
impairment, and other serious
incapacities in terms of daily life
functions.
On November 4, the Committee will
convene an open session on VA’s
Polytrauma System of Care from 8:30–
11:30 a.m. The Committee will convene
closed sessions from 11:30 a.m.–4:30
p.m. as they tour the Polytrauma Center,
Regional Amputee Center, Assistive
Technology Lab, and Spinal Cord Injury

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