Emergency Federal Register Notice

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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 12 / Thursday, January 17, 2008 / Notices

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Veterans will meet February 19–21,
2008 at 1575 I Street, NW., Washington,
DC, from 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., each day.
The meeting is open to the public.
The purpose of the Committee is to
advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
regarding the needs of women veterans
with respect to health care,
rehabilitation, compensation, outreach,
and other programs and activities
administered by VA designed to meet
such needs. The Committee will make
recommendations to the Secretary
regarding such programs and activities.
On February 19, the agenda will
include overviews of the Veterans
Health Administration, the Veterans
Benefits Administration, the National
Cemetery Administration, an update on
the 2006 Advisory Committee on
Women Veterans report, an update on
the activities conducted by the Center
for Women Veterans, research, homeless
veteran initiatives, and an overview of
the Federal Recovery Center. On
February 20, the agenda will include
discussion of standardized training for
health care affiliates and post graduates,
discussion of improving outreach to
women veterans, and an update on
National Center for PTSD Expert
Workgroup research—‘‘Best Practice
Manual for PTSD Compensation and
Pension Examination’’. On February 21,
the agenda will focus on preparation of
the 2008 Advisory Committee on
Women Veterans report. The agenda
will also include any new issues that
the Committee members may introduce.
Any member of the public wishing to
attend should contact Ms. Shannon L.
Middleton, at the Department of
Veterans Affairs, Center for Women
Veterans (OOW), 810 Vermont Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20420. Ms.
Middleton may be contacted either by
phone at (202) 461–6193, fax at (202)
273–7092, or e-mail at
OOW@mail.va.gov. Interested persons
may attend, appear before, or file
statements with the Committee. Written
statements must be filed before the
meeting, or within 10 days after the
meeting.
Dated: January 11, 2008.
By direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin
Committee Management Officer.
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
Submission for OMB Emergency
Clearance and 60 Day Notice for
Comment for a New Information
Collection Request; Retirement
Systems Modernization Defined
Benefits Technology Solution (DBTS)
OMB No. 3206–XXXX
Office of Personnel
Management (OPM).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104–13, May 22, 1995), this notice
announces that the Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) submitted a request
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for emergency clearance and
review for emergency clearance
collection for the Defined Benefits
Technology Solution (DBTS) in support
of the Retirement Systems
Modernization (RSM) project at OPM.
Approval of the DBTS is necessary to
ensure timely administration of
retirement benefits to both active and
retired federal employees and their
dependents. This also serves as the 60
Day Notice for full clearance review.
Approximately 23,000 active federal
employees will gain access to the DBTS
starting in February 2008 and will have
access to the tool; The subset of
annuitants and other members of the
public from this initial user group that
will be using the tool starting in
February can not be determined at the
time of this submission however the
audience will likely be significantly
smaller than the active population. We
estimate it will take approximately 20
minutes to complete most of the
information collections associated with
the DBTS. The majority of information
collections for the DBTS are done via
the internet using the Your Benefits
Resources (YBR) Web site. The annual
estimated burden is 2,733 hours.
Comments are particularly invited on:
• Whether this information is
necessary for the proper performance of
functions on the Office of Personnel
Management, and whether it will have
practical utility;
• Whether our estimate of the public
burden of this collection of information
is accurate, and based on valid
assumptions and methodology; and
• Ways in which we can minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, through the use of appropriate
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
For copies of this proposal, contact
Mary Beth Smith-Toomey, OPM PRA

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and Forms Officer, at (202) 606–8358,
Fax (202) 418–3251 or via e-mail to
MaryBeth.Smith-Toomey@opm.gov.
Please include your complete mailing
address with your request.
DATES: Comments on this proposal for
emergency review should be received
within 15 calendar days from the date
of this publication. We are requesting
OMB to take action within 10 calendar
days from the close of this Federal
Register Notice on the request for
emergency review. Comments on this
proposal for 60 Day review should be
received within 60 calendar days from
the date of this publication.
ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments
to:
Thomas O’Keefe, Retirement Systems
Modernization, U.S. Office of
Personnel Management, 1900 E Street,
NW., Room 4H30, Washington, DC
20415; and
Brenda Aguilar, OPM Desk Officer,
Office of Management and Budget,
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, New Executive Office
Building, NW., Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management,
Howard Weizmann,
Deputy Director.
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Agency Forms Submitted for OMB
Review, Request for Comments
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad
Retirement Board (RRB) is forwarding
an Information Collection Request (ICR)
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
request a revision to a currently
approved collection of information:
3220–0127, Financial Disclosure
Statement. Our ICR describes the
information we seek to collect from the
public. Review and approval by OIRA
ensures that we impose appropriate
paperwork burdens.
The RRB invites comments on the
proposed collection of information to
determine (1) the practical utility of the
collection; (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden of the collection; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information that is the
subject of collection; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of collections on
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or

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