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respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
the use of other forms of information
technology.
Authority: 38 U.S.C. Parts 51 and 52.

Title: VSO Access to VHA Electronic
Health Records, VA Form 10–0400.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0710.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: The information is being
used to establish VA Veterans Health
Information Systems Technology
Architecture (VistA) computer accounts
for Veteran Service Officers (VSO’s)
who have been granted Power Of
Attorney by veterans who have medical
information recorded in VA electronic
health records. This information is
collected under the authority of Title 38,
CFR parts 51 and 52, Veterans Benefits.
The information will be used by VHA
Office of Health Information
Governance and/or contractors to create
accounts in the VistA computer system
for VSO’s. The information collected is
used for a national roll-out of a project
targeted at providing more efficient
benefits processing services to veterans.
The VistA system requires a minimal set
of data to create an account, which has
been reflected on the form. After the
initial roll-out, the burden to the
government will be minimal, only
involving VSO staff turnover.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 17
hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 2 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Yearly.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
500.
By direction of the Secretary.
Cynthia Harvey-Pryor,
Department Clearance Officer, Office of
Quality, Privacy and Risk, Department of
Veterans Affairs.
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Agency Information Collection Activity
under OMB Review: Application For
Dependency and Indemnity
Compensation by Parent(s) (Including
Accrued Benefits and Death
Compensation when Applicable)
Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, this notice announces that the
Veterans Benefits Administration
(VBA), 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.

SUMMARY:

Comments must be submitted on
or before March 7, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information through
www.Regulations.gov, or to Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, Attn:
VA Desk Officer; 725 17th St. NW,
Washington, DC 20503 or sent through
electronic mail to oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB
Control No. 2900–0005’’ in any
correspondence.
DATES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Office of Quality,
Privacy and Risk, Department of
Veterans Affairs, 811 Vermont Avenue,
Floor 5, Area 368, Washington, DC
20420, (202) 461–5870 or email
cynthia.harvey-pryor@va.gov. Please
refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0005’’
in any correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1121, 1310, 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: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Abstract: 38 U.S.C. 1121 and 1310
provide for payment of Dependency and
Indemnity Compensation (DIC) or death
compensation to parents of a Veteran
whose death is service-connected.
Parents must also meet income
limitations to be eligible for benefits. 38
U.S.C. 5121 provides for payment of
accrued benefits. VBA uses 21P–535 to
collect the information necessary to
determine a surviving parent’s
eligibility to Parents’ DIC benefits.
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
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Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 4,320.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 72 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Once.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
3,600.
By direction of the Secretary.
Cynthia Harvey-Pryor,
Department Clearance Officer, Office of
Quality, Privacy and Risk, Department of
Veterans Affairs.
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Publication of Choice Act Section 201
Independent Assessments and
Report—Change of Website Location
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Notice.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

This Federal Register Notice
announces a change in website location
of a 2015 report entitled, ‘‘Independent
Assessment of the Health Care Delivery
Systems and Management Processes of
the Department of Veterans Affairs
(Independent Assessment Report).’’ The
Independent Assessment Report was
required by Section 201 of the Veterans
Access, Choice, and Accountability Act
of 2014 (Choice Act). Section 201 also
required the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs (VA) to publish the Report in the
Federal Register and on a Department
internet website accessible to the public.
VA published the Federal Register
Notice, which included the website
address on September 18, 2015.
ADDRESSES: The Independent
Assessment Report is now available on
the following website: https://
www.va.gov/HEALTHPOLICY
PLANNING/section1.asp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laura Bowman, Program Analyst,
Veterans Health Administration, 810
Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20420 Telephone: (202) 461–7100. (This
is not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
201 of the Choice Act required the
Secretary to contract with a private
entity to conduct an independent
assessment of VA health care. Within 60
days of completing the assessment, the
private entity was required to submit a
report of its findings and
recommendations. The Secretary was
then required to publish the report in
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