Department of Veterans Affairs June 12, 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, notice is hereby given that the VA is modifying the system of records entitled ``Health Professional Scholarship Program, and Visual Impairment and Orientation and Mobility Professional Scholarship Program-VA'' (73VA10A2A) as set forth in the Federal Register. This system is used to determine and document individual applicant eligibility for scholarship awards, selecting applicants to receive awards, calculating service commitments for program participants, ensuring program financial accountability, monitoring educational progress of participants, monitoring the employment status of scholarship participants during periods of obligated service, terminating employees from the program (upon completion or breach), and evaluating and reporting program results and effectiveness.

The Privacy Act of 1974 requires that all agencies publish in the Federal Register a notice of the existence and character of their systems of records. Notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is establishing a new system of records titled ``Other Government Agencies-VA'' (OGA) (213VA0475A1).