30-day FRN - 2900-0783 - Nonprofit Research and Education Corporations (NPCs) - Annual Report, Remediation Plans & Assessment Questionnaires - pub 02032025

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0783]

Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review: Nonprofit
Research and Education Corporations
(NPCs)—Annual Report, Remediation
Plans & Assessment Questionnaires
Veterans Health
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, this notice announces that the
Veterans Health Administration (VHA),
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA),
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 it
includes the actual data collection
instrument.

SUMMARY:

Comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent by
March 5, 2025.
ADDRESSES: To submit comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection, please type the
following link into your browser:
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain,
select ‘‘Currently under Review—Open
for Public Comments,’’ then search the
list for the information collection by
Title or ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0783.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: VA
PRA information: Maribel Aponte, 202–
461–8900, vacopaperworkreduact@
va.gov.
DATES:

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Nonprofit Research and
Education Corporations (NPCs)—
Annual Report, Remediation Plans &
Assessment Questionnaires (VA Forms
10–10073, 10–10073A, 10–10073B, and
10–10073C).
OMB Control Number: 2900–0783.
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRASearch.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: Title 38 U.S.C. 7366,
Accountability and Oversight, states
‘‘(b) each such corporation (NPC) shall
submit to the Secretary (Department of
Veterans Affairs (DVA)) an annual
report providing a detailed statement of
its operations, activities, and
accomplishments during that year.’’ The
individual NPC annual reports are

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combined into one NPC Annual Report
to Congress. VA oversight of NPCs
includes reviews, audits, selfassessments, and remediation plans.
This information collection is used for
oversight of NPCs and includes the
following:
a. NPC Annual Report Template, VA
Form 10–10073
b. NPC Audit Actions Items
Remediation Plans, VA Form 10–
10073A
c. NPPO Internal Control Questionnaire,
VA Form 10–10073B
d. NPPO Operations Oversight
Questionnaire, VA Form 10–10073C
NPC Annual Report Template, VA
Form 10–10073
Since 1988, when the enabling
legislation for the NPCs was passed,
annual reports have been obtained from
each NPC and combined into an NPC
Annual Report to Congress. Congress
uses the combined NPC Annual Report
to Congress to monitor the progress of
the overall NPC program it created. The
NPC Annual Report to Congress is also
used by top-level VA executives to
evaluate the program and to recommend
changes where needed. VHA’s
Nonprofit Oversight Board and the
Nonprofit Program Office (NPPO) use
both the combined NPC Annual Report
to Congress and the individual NPC
Annual Report Templates to monitor
and oversee the NPCs. Trend analyses
and other financial information are
analyzed for each NPC and judgments
made about each NPC’s progress,
financial viability, stewardship of
assets, and accomplishments.
NPC Audit Actions Items Remediation
Plans, VA Form 10–10073A
The NPC Audit Action Items
Remediation Plans information
collection is used to review the NPCs’
remedies for audit deficiencies and
recommendations. The major objective
of the information collection is to help
ensure proper corrective action. If any of
the remediation plans submitted are
inadequate, then the NPPO will make
recommendations for sound, workable
remedies.
NPPO Internal Control Questionnaire,
VA Form 10–10073B
The NPPO Internal Control
Questionnaire, or portions of it, will be
used in conducting reviews, audits, and
investigations of the NPCs. The major
objective of the questionnaire is to
uncover weaknesses and lapses in
internal controls. The NPPO will then
make recommendations for improved
internal controls wherever there are
weaknesses or lapses. The questionnaire

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also may be used as a voluntary selfassessment by the NPCs.
NPPO Operations Oversight
Questionnaire, VA Form 10–10073C
The NPPO Operations Oversight
Questionnaire, or portions of it, will be
used in conducting operational reviews
of the NPCs. The major objective of the
questionnaire is to uncover operating
problems and areas that need
improvement. The NPPO will then
make recommendations for operations
improvements wherever problems or
opportunities for improvement are
found. The questionnaire also may be
used as a voluntary self-assessment by
the NPCs.
VHA does not anticipate any changes
to the total annual number of responses
or burden hours for this collection.
However, there are some minor updates
to the forms for clarification and to
comply with current guidance on
standard PRA language.
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 at 89 FR
93906, November 27, 2024.
Total Annual Burden: 858 hours.
Total Annual Responses: 300.
Affected Public: Private Sector (Notfor-profit).
Estimated Annual Burden:
a. NPC Annual Report Template—273
hours.
b. NPC Audit Actions Items
Remediation Plans—156 hours.
c. NPPO Internal Control
Questionnaire—312 hours.
d. NPPO Operations Oversight
Questionnaire—117 hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent:
a. NPC Annual Report Template—210
minutes.
b. NPC Audit Actions Items
Remediation Plans—142 minutes.
c. NPPO Internal Control
Questionnaire—240 minutes.
d. NPPO Operations Oversight
Questionnaire—90 minutes.
Frequency of Response:
a. NPC Annual Report Template—
Once annually.
b. NPC Audit Actions Items
Remediation Plans—1.5 times annually.
c. NPPO Internal Control
Questionnaire—Once annually.
d. NPPO Operations Oversight
Questionnaire—Once annually.
Estimated Number of Respondents:

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e. NPC Annual Report Template—78.
f. NPC Audit Actions Items
Remediation Plans—44.
g. NPPO Internal Control
Questionnaire—78.

h. NPPO Operations Oversight
Questionnaire—78.

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Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Maribel Aponte,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance
Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
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