12078 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 38 / Monday, March 1, 2021 / Notices 

Title: Survey of Individuals Using 

Their Entitlement to Educational 

Assistance Under the Educational 

Assistance Programs Administered by 

the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–NEW. 

Type of Review: New data collection. 

Abstract: The Educational Assistance 

Program Feedback Survey is designed to 

measure experience of beneficiaries of 

educational assistance programs 

administered by the Veterans Affairs 

(VA), including under chapters 30, 32, 

33, and 35 of title 38 United States 

Code. The information will help the VA 

improve programs and better serve 

Veterans interested in educational 

assistance. Educational Assistance 

Program feedback data will be collected 

using an online transactional survey or 

paper disseminated via an invitation 

email or mailed letter sent to selected 

beneficiaries. The survey questionnaire 

includes 52 questions, though in 

actuality due to branching depending on 

responses to each question respondents 

will complete anywhere from 8–49 

questions (8 if respondents passed their 

benefit to dependents; 39–49 questions 

for all other respondents). The survey 

contains general rating-scale questions 

(e.g., a scale of 1–5 from Very 

dissatisfied to Very satisfied; or Not at 

all effective to Extremely effective) to 

assess satisfaction with educational 

assistance programs, resources, training 

as well as questions assessing 

education/training outcomes 

(completion of program, current income 

level) and has been approved by the 

Education Service leadership. These 

questions have been mapped to the 

Public Law 114–315 (December 15, 

2016) section 414. After the survey has 

been distributed, recipients will have 

two weeks to complete the survey. 

Invitees will receive a reminder email or 

mailed letter after one week. The sample 

will be distributed across four 

Education Benefit Programs: Post-9/11 

GI Bill (Chapter 33), Montgomery GI 

Bill—Active Duty (Chapter 30), Veterans 

Education Assistance Program (VEAP; 

Chapter 32), and Survivors’ and 

Dependents’ Educational Assistance 

(DEA; Chapter 35). The overall sample 

size is determined so that the reliability 

of survey estimate is 3% Margin of Error 

at a 95% Confidence Level. Once data 

collection is completed, the participant 

responses in the survey will be 

weighted so that the samples more 

closely represent the overall population. 

Weighting models will rely on 

beneficiary age and gender. 

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 at 85 FR 

246 on December 22, 2020, page 83682. 

Affected Public: Individuals. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 180 hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 10 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: One time. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,080. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Maribel Aponte, 

VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance 

Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Veterans and Community Oversight 

and Engagement Board, Notice of 

Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 

U.S.C. App. 2, that the Veterans and 

Community Oversight and Engagement 

Board (Board) will meet virtually on 

March 23, 2021. The meeting will begin 

and end as follows: 

Date Time 

March 23, 2021 .. 3 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. EST. 

The meetings are open to the public 

and will be recorded. Members of the 

public can attend the meeting by 

registering at the link below: https://

veteransaffairs.webex.com/ 

veteransaffairs/onstage/g.php?MTID=

ecea73e104d4442bc037bee369429e952. 

The Board was established by the 

West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016 

on September 29, 2016. The purpose of 

the Board is to provide advice and make 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Veterans Affairs on: Identifying the 

goals of the community and Veteran 

partnership; improving services and 

outcomes for Veterans, members of the 

Armed Forces, and the families of such 

Veterans and members; and on the 

implementation of the Draft Master Plan 

approved by the Secretary on January 

28, 2016, and on the creation and 

implementation of any successor master 

plans. 

On March 23, the agenda will include 

opening remarks from the Committee 

Chair and the Executive Sponsor. There 

will be a general update from Veterans 

Administration Greater Los Angeles 

Healthcare System (VAGLAHS) on 

COVID–19 response, and an overview of 

active land use agreements: specifically, 

VAGLAHS/University of California Los 

Angeles (UCLA) second lease 

amendment for baseball practice infield 

(Branca Family Field), and a 

presentation from Brilliant Corners on 

strategies to house homeless Veterans. 

The Board’s Master Plan with Services 

and Outcomes subcommittee and 

Outreach and Community Engagement 

with Services and Outcomes 

subcommittee, will report on activities 

since the last meeting, followed by an 

out brief to the full Board on any draft 

recommendations considered for 

forwarding to the SECVA. 

A public comment session will occur 

from 4:55 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. Individuals 

wishing to make public comments are 

required to register during the WEBEX 

registration process. In the interest of 

time management, speakers will be held 

to a 5-minute time limit and selected in 

the order of event registration. If time 

expires and your name was not selected, 

or you did not register to provide public 

comment and would like to do so, you 

are asked to submit public comments 

via email at VEOFACA@va.gov for 

inclusion in the official meeting record. 

To attend the meeting, use the 

registration instructions—Registration 

Instructions: Select the ‘‘Register’’ 

hyperlink in event status or the 

‘‘Register’’ button located bottom center 

of the page. Attendees will then be 

asked to identify themselves by first 

name, last name, email address, 

affiliation (if any) and interest in making 

a public comment. Please select 

‘‘Submit’’ to finish registration. You will 

receive a confirmation email from 

WEBEX shortly after registration. The 

confirmation email will include a 

calendar event invitation and 

instructions to join the meeting via web 

browser or telephone. Attempts to join 

the meeting will not work until the host 

opens the meeting approximately ten 

minutes prior to start time. 

Any member of the public seeking 

additional information should contact 

Mr. Eugene W. Skinner Jr. at (202) 631– 

7645 or at Eugene.Skinner@va.gov. 

Dated: February 24, 2021. 

Jelessa M. Burney, 

Federal Advisory Committee Management 

Officer. 

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