White Paper

White Paper

OMB 2900-0085

Purpose: To request an extension for filing of OMB 2900-0085

Background:

• The Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board) timely provided documentation and justification to request revision of a currently approved collection - VA Form 9.

• The 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register at 79 FR on December 2, 2014. At the time, it was reviewed and all necessary changes completed.

• On February 19, 2015, the 30-day notice was published in the Federal Register, with comment end date of March 23, 2015. Review was to be completed by March 4, 2015.

• On March 13, 2015, an error in the Federal Register notice was identified.

• On April 15, 2015, the Board advised that a corrected notice will likely be needed and submitted a request regarding next action to be taken.

• On April 29, 2015, the Board was notified that a corrected notice will be published.

• On May 18, 2015, the revised corrected Federal Register notice was completed and submitted to Enterprise Records Management (015R1B) for review and further processing.

• The correction will be published soon.

Summary:

Unfortunately, at the time the Board was processing the 30-day revision request, there was an inability to submit notices to OMB and the Federal Register, which occurred due to an IT communication problem. Therefore, the notice correction was not published prior to the March 31, 2015, expiration date. While the Board recognizes the requirement to submit the necessary OMB collection data in a timely manner, it is imperative that we take the necessary time to obtain proper instructions, and ensure that all processes and procedures are complete before uploading to ROCIS.

The Board is diligently working to ensure that necessary steps are taken to move through the process expeditiously.