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systems, programs, and operations), the
Federal Government, or national
security, resulting from a suspected or
confirmed breach.
30. Merit Systems Protection Board
(MSPB): To MSPB in connection with
appeals, special studies of the civil
service and other merit systems, review
of rules and regulations, investigation of
alleged or possible prohibited personnel
practices, and such other functions
promulgated in 5 U.S.C. 1205 and
§ 1206, or as authorized by law.
31. Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (EEOC): To the EEOC in
connection with investigations of
alleged or possible discriminatory
practices, examination of Federal
affirmative employment programs, or
other functions of the Commission as
authorized by law.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF
RECORDS:

Records are stored electronically in
the Amazon Web Service Cloud. Paper
documents may be scanned/digitized
and stored for viewing electronically.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF
RECORDS:

Electronic records are retrieved by
name or VA claims file number or social
security number of the Veteran, family
member, or caregiver. Computer records
are retrieved by name, the VA assigned
Integration Control Number, data file
number (DFN), DFN and beneficiary
first name, Social Security Number of
the Veteran, family member, caregiver,
or VA claims file number of the Veteran.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND
DISPOSAL OF RECORDS:

Records in this system are retained
and disposed of in accordance with the
schedule approved by the Archivist of
the United States, Record Control
Schedule 10–1 item 1260.1.

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ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL
SAFEGUARDS:

Working spaces and record storage
areas at OIVC are secured during all
business and non-business hours. All
entrance doors require an electronic
pass card for entry. The OIVC Logistics
Department issues electronic pass cards.
OIVC staff control visitor entry by door
release and escort. The building is
equipped with an intrusion alarm
system monitored by OIVC security staff
during business hours and by a security
service vendor during nonbusiness
hours.
Electronic/digital records are stored in
an electronically controlled storage
filing area. Paper records in work areas
are stored in locked file cabinets or
locked rooms. Access to record storage

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areas is restricted to VA employees on
a ‘‘need-to-know’’ basis. Access to the
computer room is limited by
appropriate locking devices and
restricted to authorized VA employees
and vendor personnel. Authorized VA
employees may access information in
the computer system by a series of
individually unique passwords/codes.
The system is hosted in Amazon Web
Services Government Cloud
infrastructure as a service Cloud
computing environment that has been
authorized at the high-impact level
under the Federal Risk and
Authorization Management Program.
The secure site- to-site encrypted
network connection is limited to access
via the VA trusted internet connection.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

Individuals seeking information on
the existence and content of records in
this system pertaining to them should
contact the system manager in writing
as indicated above or write or visit the
VA medical facility location where they
normally receive their care. A request
for access to records must contain the
requester’s full name, address, and
telephone number, be signed by the
requester and describe the records
sought in sufficient detail to enable VA
personnel to locate them with a
reasonable amount of effort.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

Individuals seeking to contest or
amend records in this system pertaining
to them should contact the System
Manager in writing as indicated above
or may write or visit the VA medical
facility location where they normally
receive their care. A request to contest
or amend records must state clearly and
concisely what record is being
contested, the reasons for contesting it,
and the proposed amendment to the
record.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:

Individuals who wish to be notified if
a record in this system of records
pertains to them should submit the
request following the procedures
described in ‘‘Record Access
Procedures,’’ above.
EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:

None.
HISTORY:

68 FR 53784 (September 12, 2003), 74
FR 34398 (July 15, 2009), 80 FR 11527
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0463]

Agency Information Collection
Activity: Notice of Waiver of VA
Compensation or Pension To Receive
Military Pay and Allowances
Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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 a currently approved
collection, and allow 60 days for public
comment in response to the notice.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before November 14, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Comments must be
submitted through www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Program-Specific information: Kendra
Mccleave, 202–461–9760,
[email protected].
VA PRA information: Dorothy
Glasgow, 202–461–1084, VAPRA@
va.gov.
SUMMARY:

Under the
PRA of 1995, 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.
Title: Notice of Waiver of VA
Compensation or Pension to Receive

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Military Pay and Allowances (VA Form
21–8951–2).
OMB Control Number: 2900–0463.
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRASearch (Once at this link, you can
enter the OMB Control Number to find
the historical versions of this
Information Collection). This is a
revision with the respondent burden
increasing due to the final regulation
under RIN #2900–AP86 taking effect
January 11, 2024.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: VA Form 21–8951–2 is used
by reservists/guardsmen filing a waiver
of VA disability benefits to receive
active or inactive duty training pay or to
notify VA to resume benefits as his/her
active service has completed. Without
this information, the reduction in
overpayments and/or erroneous
payments associated with receipt of VA
disability compensation or pension
could cause hardship on behalf of the
claimant.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 5,766
hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 10 minutes.
Frequency of Response: One time.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
34,594 per year.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Lanea Haynes,
Acting, VA PRA Clearance Officer, (Alt) Office
of Enterprise and Integration/Data
Governance Analytics, Department of
Veterans Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records
Veterans Health
Administration (VHA, Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA).
ACTION: Notice of a modified system of
records.
AGENCY:

As required by the Privacy
Act of 1974, notice is hereby given that
VA is modifying the system of records
titled ‘‘VHA Corporate Data
Warehouses-VA’’ (172VA10). This
system is used for clinical decision
support, mobile applications presenting
patient data, and statistical analysis to
produce various management, workload
tracking, and follow-up reports. It is also
used to track and evaluate the ordering
and delivery of equipment, services, and

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patient care; track the planning,
distribution, and utilization of
resources; monitor the performance of
Veterans Integrated Service Networks;
and allocate clinical and administrative
support to patient medical care.
DATES: Comments on this new system of
records must be received no later than
30 days after the date of publication in
the Federal Register. If no public
comment is received during the period
allowed for comment or unless
otherwise published in the Federal
Register by VA, the new system of
records will become effective a
minimum of 30 days after date of
publication in the Federal Register. If
VA receives public comments, VA shall
review the comments to determine
whether any changes to the notice are
necessary.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted through www.Regulations.gov
or mailed to VA Privacy Service, 810
Vermont Avenue NW, (005X6F),
Washington, DC 20420. Comments
should indicate that they are submitted
in response to ‘‘VHA Corporate Data
Warehouses-VA’’ (172VA10). Comments
received will be available at https://
www.Regulations.gov/ for public
viewing, inspection, or copies.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Stephania Griffin, VHA Chief Privacy
Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs,
810 Vermont Avenue NW, (10DH03A),
Washington, DC 20420,
[email protected], telephone
number 704–245–2492 (Note: This is
not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA is
modifying the system of records by
revising the categories of records in the
system, record source categories,
purpose(s) of the system, routine uses of
records maintained in the system
records, Notification Procedure, and
Appendix A. VA is republishing the
system notice in its entirety.
Categories of records in the system
and record source categories are being
modified to change 121VA10A7 to
121VA10.
Purpose(s) of the system is being
updated to add, ‘‘to monitor the
performance and produce management
and actuarial reports of VHA and
Veterans Integrated Service Networks,’’
and include, ‘‘The records and
information may be used and shared,
including through application
programming interfaces (API), to meet
statutory mandates regarding health care
related programs.’’
Routine uses of records maintained in
the system is adding the following:
Routine use #1 and routine use #17
are duplicate. Therefore, routine use #17

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is being replaced with a new routine use
to state, ‘‘Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC): To CDC and/or
their designee or other Federal or state
public health authorities in response to
its request or at the initiation of VA, in
connection with disease-tracking,
patient outcomes, bio-surveillance or
other health information required for
program accountability.’’ VA needs the
ability to conduct disease tracking to
impact patient outcomes, respond to
public health threats, and to contribute
significantly to the CDC’s ability to
conduct and monitor public health
surveillance.
Routine use #26 is being added to
state, ‘‘National Cancer Institute (NCI):
To the NCI and/or their designee and/
or a state cancer or tumor registry in
response to its request or at the
initiation of VA for the purpose of
population-based activities to improve
health and disease management.’’ VA
needs the ability to determine trends in
the rates of the incidence of cancer in
Veterans.
Routine use #27 is being added to
state, ‘‘Third Party Non-Governmental/
Governmental Applications: To a third
party non-Governmental or
Governmental application through the
Provider Directory Application
Programming Interface concerning
health care provider’s professional
qualification. Information to be
disclosed may include provider name,
national provider identifier (NPI), VA
medical facility address, VA employee
email, VA facility telephone number,
sex, and languages used.’’ VA needs to
share provider information maintained
in the corporate data warehouse through
APIs with third party non-Governmental
and Governmental applications
mandated by the Centers for Medicaid
and Medicare Services for the purpose
of complying with 45 CFR 156.221(i).
The policies and practices for
retention and disposal of records is
being updated to replace ‘‘General
Records Schedule 20, item 4’’ with
‘‘General Records Schedule 5.2, item
020.’’
The Notification Procedure section is
being update to state ‘‘Individuals who
wish to be notified if a record in this
system of records pertains to them
should submit the request following the
procedures described in ‘Record Access
Procedures,’ above’’.
Appendix A is being updated to
change ‘‘HealtheIntent at Cerner
Technology Centers (CTC)’’ to ‘‘Oracle
Health Data Intelligence (HDI) at Oracle
Technology Centers’’, Change ‘‘Picture’’
to ‘‘Platform in ‘‘VA Common Operating
Picture, Palantir Foundry’’ and to
remove ‘‘Data Lake’’ from ‘‘VA

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