Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Claim for Reimbursement of Travel Expenses, 35928-35929 [2024-09560]

Download as PDF 35928 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 86 / Thursday, May 2, 2024 / Notices PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. Refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0005’’. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance Analytics (008), 810 Vermont Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 266–4688 or email maribel.aponte@va.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0005’’ in any correspondence. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1310, 38 U.S.C. 1315, 38 U.S.C. 1121, 38 U.S.C. 501(a)(2), 38 U.S.C. 5121. Title: Application for Dependency and Indemnity Compensation by Parent(s) (Including Accrued Benefits and Death Compensation when Applicable). OMB Control Number: 2900–0005. Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection. Abstract: VA Form 21P–535 is primarily used to collect the information necessary to determine a surviving parent’s eligibility for Parents’ DIC benefits. The information is used to determine eligibility for VA benefits, and, if eligibility exists, the proper rate of payment. 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 15268 on Friday, March 1, 2024, pages 15268. Affected Public: Individuals or Households. Estimated Annual Burden: 1,200 hours. Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 1 hour and 12 minutes (1.2 hours). Frequency of Response: One time. Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,000. By direction of the Secretary. Maribel Aponte, VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES [FR Doc. 2024–09543 Filed 5–1–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8320–01–P Disciplinary Appeals Board Panel Department of Veterans Affairs VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:14 May 01, 2024 The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Health-Care Personnel Act of 1991 revised the disciplinary grievance and appeal procedures for employees appointed under Federal law. It also required the periodic designation of VA employees who are qualified to serve on the Disciplinary Appeals Board. These employees constitute the Disciplinary Appeals Board Panel from which board members in a case are appointed. This notice announces that the roster of employees on the panel is available for review and comment. Employees, employee organizations, and other interested parties shall be provided, upon request and without charge, the list of the employees on the panel, and they may submit comments concerning the suitability of any employee on the panel list. SUMMARY: The names that appear on the panel roster may be selected to serve on a Disciplinary Appeals Board or as a grievance examiner after June 3, 2024. DATES: Ms. Nicole Flood, Lead Employee Relations Specialist, Employee Relations and Performance Management Service, Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Mailstop 051, Washington, DC 20420 or Nicole.Flood@ va.gov. Ms. Flood may be reached at 708–980–3553. This is not a toll-free number. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Section 203 of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Health-Care Personnel Act of 1991 revised the disciplinary grievance and appeal procedures for employees appointed under Federal law. It also required the periodic designation of VA employees who are qualified to serve on the Disciplinary Appeals Board. Public Law 102–40 and 38 U.S.C. 7464(d) require that the availability of the roster be posted in the Federal Register periodically, but not less than annually. Requests for the panel roster and/or concerns regarding suitability for service on the panel may be emailed to vaco051erpms@va.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Signing Authority DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AGENCY: Notification of Disciplinary Appeals Board Panel. ACTION: Jkt 262001 Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, approved and signed this document on April 25, 2024, and authorized the undersigned to sign and submit the document to the Office of the Federal Register for publication PO 00000 Frm 00156 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 electronically as an official document of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Jeffrey M. Martin, Assistant Director, Office of Regulation Policy & Management, Office of General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs. [FR Doc. 2024–09561 Filed 5–1–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8320–01–P DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS [OMB Control No. 2900–0830] Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Claim for Reimbursement of Travel Expenses Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration, 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 it includes the actual data collection instrument. DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice by clicking on the following link 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. 2900–0830.’’ FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance Analytics (008), 810 Vermont Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 266–4688 or email maribel.aponte@va.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0830’’ in any correspondence. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a) and 38 U.S.C. 111. Title: Claim for Reimbursement of Travel Expenses. OMB Control Number: 2900–0830. Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection. Abstract: VA Form 28–0968, Claim for Reimbursement of Travel Expenses serves as a request to collect information for claimants to apply for the mileage reimbursement benefit in an efficient, convenient, and accurate manner. VR&E SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\02MYN1.SGM 02MYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 86 / Thursday, May 2, 2024 / Notices must determine the identity of the claimant; the dates and length of the trip being claimed, based on the claimant’s residence and the place of initial evaluation, reevaluation, and counseling to include personal or vocational adjustment, training, and attendant travel, or other place in connection with vocational rehabilitation; and whether expenses other than mileage are being claimed. Once the information is obtained, it is entered into the case management system and then the form is sent to the Support Services Division (SSD) to process payment. 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 11945 on Thursday, February 15, 2024, pages 11945 and 11946. Affected Public: Individuals or Households. Estimated Annual Burden: 27,500 hours. Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 15 minutes. Frequency of Response: One time. Estimated Number of Respondents: 110,000 per year. By direction of the Secretary. Maribel Aponte, VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs. [FR Doc. 2024–09560 Filed 5–1–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 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: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, notice is hereby given that the VA is modifying the system of records titled, ‘‘Investigative Database-OMI– VA’’ (162VA10E1B). This system is used to document the investigative activities of the Office of the Medical Inspector (OMI). DATES: Comments on this amended system of records must be received no later than June 3, 2024. If no public comment is received during the period allowed for comment or unless otherwise published in the Federal khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:14 May 01, 2024 Jkt 262001 Register by the VA, the modified 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. 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 ‘‘Investigative DatabaseOMI–VA’’ (162VA10E1B). Comments received will be available at regulations.gov for public viewing, inspection or copies. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephania Griffin, VHA Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420; telephone (704) 245–2492 (Note: this is not a toll-free number). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA is amending the system of records by revising the System Number; System Location; System Manager; Purpose; Categories of Individuals Covered by the System; Categories of Records in the System; Records Source Categories; Policies and Practices for Storage of Records; Policies and Practices for Retention and Disposal of Records; Safeguards; Record Access Procedure; Contesting Records Procedures; and Notification Procedure. VA is republishing the system notice in its entirety. The System Number is being updated from 162VA10E1B to 162VA10 to reflect the current VHA organizational routing symbol. The System Location is being updated to remove, ‘‘Additional records are maintained by the Austin Information Technology Center, 1615 Woodward Street, Austin, Texas 78772, and subject to their security control.’’ The System Manager is being updated to replace Correspondence Analyst, with Executive Assistant. The Purpose is being updated to remove, ‘‘to perform statistical analysis to produce various management and follow-up reports. The data may be used for VA’s extensive quality improvement programs in accordance with VA policy. In addition, the data may be used for law enforcement investigations. Survey data will be collected for the purpose of measuring and monitoring various aspects and outcomes of National, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) and Facility-Level performance. Results of the survey data analysis are ADDRESSES: PO 00000 Frm 00157 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 35929 shared throughout the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) system.’’ The Categories of Individuals Covered by the System is being updated to remove, ‘‘their immediate family members, members of the armed services, subcontractors, consultants, volunteers.’’ The Categories of Records in the System is being updated to replace 24VA10P2 with 24VA10A7. Number 3 is being removed, ‘‘Medical benefit and eligibility information.’’ Renumbering as number 4 is now number 3, and so on. Number 5 is also being removed ‘‘Patient Satisfaction Survey Data which include questions and responses.’’ The Records Source Categories is being updated to remove, ‘‘VA Health Eligibility Center, the Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Defense, ‘‘Income Verification RecordsVA’’ (89VA10NB), VA Veterans Benefits Administration automated record systems (including the ‘‘Veterans and Beneficiaries Identification and Records Location Subsystem-VA’’ (38VA23), and subsequent iterations of those systems of records.’’ 24VA10P2 will be replaced with 24VA10A7 and 33VA113 will be replaced with 33VA10. Policies and Practices for Storage of Records is being updated to remove, ‘‘paper, magnetic tape, disk, encrypted flash memory, and laser optical media’’. Policies and Practices for Retention and Disposal of Records is being updated to include Item Numbers 1160.1 and 1160.2. Administrative, Technical and Physical Safeguards is being updated to remove from number 4 ‘‘an elevator card reader for floor access and a separate VHA card reader for access to the office area; and in locked storage (paper).’’ Record Access Procedure is being updated to reflect the following language: ‘‘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 facility location where they normally receive their care. A request for access to records must contain the requester’s full name, address, 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 Records Procedures is being updated to reflect the following language, ‘‘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 facility location where they normally E:\FR\FM\02MYN1.SGM 02MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 86 (Thursday, May 2, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35928-35929]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09560]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0830]


Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Claim 
for Reimbursement of Travel Expenses

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans 
Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 
this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration, 
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 it 
includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice by clicking on the following link 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. 2900-0830.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise 
and Integration, Data Governance Analytics (008), 810 Vermont Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20420, (202) 266-4688 or email [email protected]. 
Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0830'' in any correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a) and 38 U.S.C. 111.
    Title: Claim for Reimbursement of Travel Expenses.
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0830.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: VA Form 28-0968, Claim for Reimbursement of Travel 
Expenses serves as a request to collect information for claimants to 
apply for the mileage reimbursement benefit in an efficient, 
convenient, and accurate manner. VR&E

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must determine the identity of the claimant; the dates and length of 
the trip being claimed, based on the claimant's residence and the place 
of initial evaluation, reevaluation, and counseling to include personal 
or vocational adjustment, training, and attendant travel, or other 
place in connection with vocational rehabilitation; and whether 
expenses other than mileage are being claimed. Once the information is 
obtained, it is entered into the case management system and then the 
form is sent to the Support Services Division (SSD) to process payment.
    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 11945 on Thursday, February 15, 
2024, pages 11945 and 11946.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 27,500 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 15 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: One time.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 110,000 per year.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Maribel Aponte,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of Enterprise and Integration, Data 
Governance Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2024-09560 Filed 5-1-24; 8:45 am]
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