Public Law 108-422 authorized
expenditure of funds to assist State Veterans Homes in hiring and
retention of nurses and reduction of nursing shortages at State
homes. The law requires payment may be made to the state for a
fiscal year subject to submission of an application. Therefore to
assure funding requests conform to the limitations of the law and
is consistent with regulatory requirement, VA Form 10-0430 will be
used for this purpose.
The first year of the program
had an expected respondent rate of 100. The following 2 years were
a rate of 50 respondents. Upon completion of the prior 3 years, the
number of respondents for the next OMB renewal will be 50
respondents for the next 3 years. Therefore, there is a decrease in
the burden hours.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.