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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0270]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans 
Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 
(44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans 
Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has 
submitted 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; it includes the actual data collection 
instrument.

DATE: Comments must be submitted on or before May 5, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY OF THE SUBMISSION CONTACT: Ron 
Taylor, Information Management Service (045A4), Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273-8015 
or FAX (202) 273-5981. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0270.''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Financial Counseling Statement, VA Form 26-8844.
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0270.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The form is part of VA's supplemental servicing program 
for helping veteran-borrowers who are seriously delinquent on 
guaranteed or insured VA home loans. In VA's supplemental servicing 
effort, financial counseling is performed in appropriate cases to 
afford veteran-borrowers the maximum assistance possible to retain 
their homes during periods of temporary financial difficulty. The 
information collected is used by VA to make recommendations to the 
borrower in an effort to help the borrower cure the default status of 
the loan.
    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 soliciting comments on this collection of 
information was published on September 24, 1998 at page 51120.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 3,750 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 45 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,000.
    Send comments and recommendations concerning any aspect of the 
information collection to VA's OMB Desk Officer, Allison Eydt, OMB 
Human Resources and Housing Branch, New Executive Office Building, Room 
10235, Washington, DC 20503 (202) 395-4650. Please refer to ``OMB 
Control No. 2900-0029'' in any correspondence.

    Dated: March 2, 1999.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Donald L. Neilson,
Director, Information Management Service.
[FR Doc. 99-8189 Filed 4-2-99; 8:45 am]
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