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Total tire registration hours 

(manual) ........................... 1 225,000 

Recordkeeping hours (manual) .................................... 1 25,000 

Total annual tire registration and recordkeeping 

hours ................................. 1 250,000 

1Hours. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c); delegation of 

authority at 49 CFR 1.50 

Issued on: March 16, 2007. 

Roger A. Saul, 

Director, Office of Crashworthiness 

Standards. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–59–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

March 15, 2007. 

The Department of Treasury has 

submitted the following public 

information collection requirement(s) to 

OMB for review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Copies of the 

submission(s) may be obtained by 

calling the Treasury Bureau Clearance 

Officer listed. Comments regarding this 

information collection should be 

addressed to the OMB reviewer listed 

and to the Treasury Department 

Clearance Officer, Department of the 

Treasury, Room 11000, 1750 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20220. 

Dates: Written comments should be 

received on or before April 20, 2007 to 

be assured of consideration. 

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade 

Bureau (TTB) 

OMB Number: 1513–0091. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Tobacco Products 

Manufacturers—Notice for Tobacco 

Products, TTB REC 5210/12 and 

Records of Operations, TTB REC 5210/ 

1. 

Form: TTB 5210/1, 5210/12. 

Description: Tobacco products 

manufacturers maintain a record system 

showing tobacco and tobacco product 

receipts, production, and dispositions 

which support removals subject to tax, 

transfers in bond, and inventory 

records. These records are vital to tax 

enforcement. 

Respondents: Business and other for 

profits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1513–0108. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Recordkeeping for Tobacco 

Products and Cigarette Papers and 

Tubes Brought from Puerto Rico to the 

U.S. 27 CFR 41.105, 41.106, 41.109, 

41.110, 41.121. 

Description: The prescribed records 

apply to persons who ship tobacco 

products or cigarette papers or tubes 

from Puerto Rico to the United States. 

The records verify that the amount of 

taxes to be paid and if required, that the 

bond is sufficient to cover unpaid 

liabilities. 

Respondents: Business and other forprofit. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1513–XXXX. 

Type of Review: Regular. 

Title: Permit Application Questions, 

Amended Permit Application 

Questions, Claims Questions. 

Description: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax 

and Trade Bureau (TTB), in an ongoing 

effort to improve its Customer Service, 

intends to survey its customers and 

keep track of its progress, as well as 

identify potential needs, problems, and 

opportunities for improvement. The 

respondents will be businesses that hold 

permits with TTB and permit holders 

that file claims with TTB. There is no 

cost to respondents other than their 

time. 

Respondents: Business and other forprofits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 625 

hours. 

Clearance Officer: Frank Foote (202) 

927–9347, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax 

and Trade Bureau, Room 200 East, 1310 

G. Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005. 

OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt 

(202) 395–7316, Office of Management 

and Budget, Room 10235, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503. 

Michael A. Robinson, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 4810–31–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA). 

ACTION: Notice of amendment to system 

of records. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Privacy 

Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a(e), notice is 

hereby given that the Department of 

Veterans Affairs is amending the system 

of records currently entitled ‘‘Program 

Evaluation Research Data Management 

Records—VA’’ (107VA008B) as set forth 

in the Federal Register 66 FR 29633–35. 

VA is amending the system by revising 

the System Name; System Location; 

Categories of Individuals Covered by the 

System; Categories of Records in the 

System; Purpose(s); Routine Uses of 

Records Maintained in the System, 

Including Categories of Users and the 

Purposes of Such Uses; Policies and 

Practices for Storing, Retrieving, 

Accessing, Retaining, and Disposing of 

Records in the System; System Manager 

and Address(es): Notification 

Procedures; Record Access Procedure(s); 

Contesting Records Procedures; and 

Record Source Categories. VA will be 

publishing a new system of records 

notice to cover evaluation of non-health 

information. VA is republishing the 

system notice in its entirety. 

DATES: Comments on the amendment of 

this system of records must be received 

no later than April 20, 2007. If no public 

comment is received, the new system 

will become effective April 20, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted through http:// 

www.Regulations.gov; by mail or handdelivery to the Director, Regulations 

Management (00REG), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Ave., 

NW., Room 1068, Washington, DC 

20420; or by fax to (202) 273–9026. 

Copies of comments received will be 

available for public inspection in the 

Office of Regulation Policy and 

Management, Room 1063B, between the 

hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday 

through Friday (except holidays). Please 

call (202) 273–9515 for an appointment. 

In addition, during the comment period, 

comments may be viewed online 

through the Federal Docket Management 

System. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dat 

Tran, Director, Office of Data 

Development and Analysis, (008A3), 

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 

Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 

20420, (202) 273–6482. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Description of Proposed Systems of 

Records 

While this System of Records has 

been amended to reflect the current 

organizational alignment, its number 

remains 107VA008B. The System Name 

is changed from ‘‘Program Evaluation 

Research Data Management Records—

VA’’ to ‘‘Health Program Evaluation—

VA’’ to more accurately reflect the scope 

of activity conducted with data from 

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This System of Records has been 

refocused to apply to data gathered from 

all VA components, including protected 

health information (PHI) supplied by 

the Veterans Health Administration 

(VHA) that is needed to conduct data 

collection, storage and analyses on 

behalf of VHA for program evaluations, 

and analysis including descriptions of 

the utilization of services, demographic 

profiles of service or benefit users, 

utilization projections, forecasting, and 

trend analyses, and other analyses that 

characterize patterns of utilization, 

costs, and future service needs. A more 

complete description of the duties and 

activities of Office of Policy and 

Planning (OPP) are at http:// 

www1.va.gov/op3/docs/008_org.pdf. 

OPP receives, maintains and uses VHA 

PHI under a Business Associate 

Agreement (BAA) between VHA and 

OPP. OPP receives, maintains, uses and 

discloses information from this system 

of records in accordance with these 

Rules. VHA periodically reviews the 

handling of its data to ensure that the 

requirements of these Rules are met. 

The Safeguards section has been 

updated to reflect the additional 

security requirements and restrictions 

on the use of health information 

obtained from the Veterans Health 

Administration (VHA) in compliance 

with requirements of the Health 

Insurance Portability and 

Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and 

Security Rules, 45 CFR Parts 160 and 

164. The Privacy and Security Rules 

became effective after the date of initial 

publication of this system of records. 

This portion of the amendment 

documents privacy and security 

procedures implemented earlier to 

reflect the requirements of these Rules. 

The Department has made minor edits 

to the System Notice for grammar and 

clarity purposes to reflect plain 

language, including changes to routine 

uses. These changes are not, and are not 

intended to be, substantive, and are not 

further discussed or enumerated. 

II. Proposed Amendments to Routine 

Use Disclosures of Data in the System 

A statement clarifying that the routine 

use disclosure statements in this system 

of records does not provide authority for 

VA to disclose individually identifiable 

health information protected by 38 

U.S.C. 7332 or the Health Insurance 

Portability and Accountability Act 

(HIPAA) Privacy Rule has been added. 

This means VA must have disclosure 

authority under 38 U.S.C. 7332, HIPAA, 

or both, where applicable, before 

disclosure under any routine use for 

data covered by these provisions. 

Further, routine uses are amended to 

provide consistency with the standards 

defined by Department of Health and 

Human Services under HIPAA. 

Routine use number 1 clarifies the 

scope of records that can be disclosed. 

Routine use number 2 is clarified as 

to the scope of records that can be 

disclosed. 

Routine use number 3 is revised to 

specify the privacy requirements and 

information use safeguards as required 

by OPP when records are shared with 

other Federal agencies for their use or 

for OPP information matching needs. 

Routine use number 4 is revised to 

specify the privacy requirements and 

information use safeguards as required 

by OPP when records are shared with 

contractors, consultants, and 

collaborating analysts who have been 

engaged by the VA. 

Routine use number 5 specifies that 

system records may be disclosed to the 

Office of Management and Budget. 

Routine use number 6 states that 

records may be disclosed to ensure data 

security, and to respond to a suspected 

compromise of covered data, including 

efforts to remedy any potential harm 

from the compromise. Section 5724 of 

title 38, United States Code, requires 

such actions. Also, in determining 

whether to disclose records under this 

routine use, VA will comply with the 

guidance promulgated by the Office of 

Management and Budget in a May 24, 

1985, memorandum entitled ‘‘Privacy 

Act Guidance—Update’’, currently 

posted at http://www.whitehouse.gov/ 

omb/inforeg/guidance1985.pdf. 

Routine use number 7 is clarified as 

to the scope of records that can be 

disclosed to the Department of Justice 

(DoJ). 

Routine use number 8 is clarified as 

to the scope of records that can be 

disclosed for law enforcement purposes. 

III. Compatibility of the Proposed 

Routine Uses 

The Privacy Act permits VA to 

disclose information about individuals 

without their consent for a routine use 

when the information will be used for 

a purpose that is compatible with the 

purpose for which we collected the 

information. In all of the routine use 

disclosures described above, the 

recipient of the information will use the 

information in connection with a matter 

relating to one of VA’s programs, will 

use the information to provide a benefit 

to VA, or disclosure is required by law. 

The notice of intent to publish and an 

advance copy of the system notice have 

been sent to the appropriate 

Congressional committees and to the 

Director of the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) as required by 5 

U.S.C. 552a(r) (Privacy Act) and 

guidelines issued by OMB (65 FR 

77677), December 12, 2000. 

Approved: March 6, 2007. 

Gordon H. Mansfield, 

Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 

107VA008B 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Health Program Evaluation—VA. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

The system of records is located in 

office of the Director, Office of Data 

Development and Analysis, (008A3), 

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 

Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 

20420. Records are stored on a secured 

server computer at the VA Austin 

Automation Center, 1615 Woodward 

Street, Austin, Texas 78722. Records not 

stored at the VA Austin Automation 

Center are stored on electronic media or 

laser optical media in a combinationprotected safe which is secured inside a 

key-accessed room at the U.S. 

Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 

Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC, 20420. Records necessary for a 

contractor to perform analyses under a 

contract are located at the respective 

contractor’s secure facility. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

1. Veterans who have applied for 

healthcare services or benefits under 

Title 38, United States Code. 

2. Veterans’ spouse, surviving spouse, 

previous spouse, children, and parents 

who have applied for healthcare 

services or benefits under Title 38, 

United States Code. 

3. Beneficiaries of other Federal 

agencies or other governmental entities. 

4. Individuals examined or treated 

under contract or resource sharing 

agreements. 

5. Individuals examined or treated for 

research or donor purposes. 

6. Individuals who have applied for 

Title 38 benefits but who do not meet 

the requirements under Title 38 to 

receive such benefits. 

7. Individual who were provided 

medical care under emergency 

conditions for humanitarian reasons. 

8. Pensioned members of allied forces 

provided healthcare services under Title 

38, United States Code. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Records include identification 

numbers, contact and location 

information, demographic information, 

military service descriptions, residency 

characteristics, economic information, 

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assessments, medical test descriptions 

and results, diagnoses, disability 

assessments, treatments, pharmaceutical 

information, service utilization and 

associated medical staffing and resource 

costs, entitlements or benefits, patient 

survey results, and health status. The 

records include information created or 

collected during the course of normal 

clinical operations work and is provided 

by patients, employers, students, 

volunteers, contactors, subcontractors, 

and consultants. In addition, records 

also include social security numbers, 

military service numbers, claim or file 

numbers, and DoD’s identification 

numbers. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

38 U.S.C 527. 

PURPOSE(S): 

Health-related qualitative, 

quantitative, and actuarial analyses and 

projections to support policy analyses 

and recommendations to improve VA 

services for veterans and their families. 

Analysis and review of policy and longterm planning issues affecting veterans 

programs to support legislative, 

regulatory and policy recommendations 

and initiatives. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

To the extent that records contained 

in the system include information 

protected by 45 CFR parts 160 and 164, 

i.e., individually identifiable health 

information, 38 U.S.C. 7332, i.e., 

medical treatment information related to 

drug abuse, alcoholism or alcohol abuse, 

sickle cell anemia or infection with the 

human immunodeficiency virus, or 

both, that information cannot be 

disclosed under a routine use unless 

there is also specific statutory authority 

in 38 U.S.C. 7332 and regulatory 

authority in 45 CFR parts 160 and 164 

permitting disclosure. 

1. Any system records disclosure may 

be made to a Member of Congress or to 

a Congressional staff member in 

response to an inquiry of the 

Congressional office made at the written 

request of the constituent about whom 

the record is maintained. 

2. Any system records disclosure may 

be made to the National Archives and 

Records Administration as required in 

records management inspections under 

title 44 U.S.C. 

3. Any system records may be 

disclosed to a Federal agency for the 

conduct of research and data analysis to 

perform a statutory purpose of that 

Federal agency upon the prior written 

request of that agency, provided that 

there is legal authority under all 

applicable confidentiality statutes and 

regulations to provide the data and OPP 

has determined prior to the disclosure 

that OPP data handling requirements are 

satisfied. OPP may disclose limited 

individual identification information to 

another Federal agency for the purpose 

of matching and acquiring information 

held by that agency for OPP to use for 

the purposes stated for this system of 

records. 

4. Any system records may be 

disclosed to individuals, organizations, 

private or public agencies, or other 

entities or individuals with whom VA 

has a contract or agreement to perform 

such services as VA may deem 

practicable for the purposes of laws 

administered by VA, in order for the 

contractor, subcontractor, public or 

private agency, or other entity or 

individual with whom VA has an 

agreement or contract to perform the 

services of the contract or agreement. 

This routine use includes disclosures by 

the individual or entity performing the 

service for VA to any secondary entity 

or individual to perform an activity that 

is necessary for individuals, 

organizations, private or public 

agencies, or other entities or individuals 

with whom VA has a contract or 

agreement to provide the service to VA. 

5. Any system records may be 

disclosed to the Office of Management 

and Budget in order for them to perform 

their statutory responsibilities of 

evaluating Federal programs. 

6. Any records may be disclosed to 

appropriate agencies, entities, and 

persons under the following 

circumstances: When (1) it is suspected 

or confirmed that the security or 

confidentiality of information in the 

system of records has been 

compromised; (2) the Department has 

determined that as a result of the 

suspected or confirmed compromise 

there is a risk of embarrassment or harm 

to the reputations of the record subjects, 

harm to economic or property interests, 

identity theft or fraud, or harm to the 

security or integrity of this system or 

other systems or programs (whether 

maintained by the Department or 

another agency or entity) that rely upon 

the compromised information; and (3) 

the disclosure is made to such agencies, 

entities, and persons who are reasonably 

necessary to assist in connection with 

the Department’s efforts to respond to 

the suspected or confirmed compromise 

and prevent, minimize, or remedy such 

harm. 

7. VA may disclose information in 

this system of records to the Department 

of Justice, either on VA’s initiative or in 

response to DoJ’s request for the 

information, after either VA or DoJ 

determines that such information is 

relevant to DoJ’s representation of the 

United States or any of its components 

in legal proceedings before a court or 

adjudicative body, provided that, in 

each case, the agency also determines 

prior to disclosure that disclosure of the 

records to the Department of Justice is 

a use of the information contained in 

the records that is compatible with the 

purpose for which VA collected the 

records. VA, on its own initiative, may 

disclose records in this system of 

records in legal proceedings before a 

court or administrative body after 

determining that the disclosure of the 

records to the court or administrative 

body is a use of the information 

contained in the records that is 

compatible with the purpose for which 

VA collected the records. 

In determining whether to disclose 

records under this routine use, VA will 

comply with the guidance promulgated 

by the Office of Management and 

Budget in a May 24, 1985, memorandum 

entitled ‘‘Privacy Act Guidance—

Update’’, currently posted at http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg/ 

guidance1985.pdf. 

8. VA may disclose on its own 

initiative any information in this 

system, except the names and home 

addresses of veterans and their 

dependents, which is relevant to a 

suspected or reasonably imminent 

violation of law, whether civil, criminal 

or regulatory in nature, and whether 

arising by general or program statute or 

by regulation, rule or order issued 

pursuant thereto, to a Federal, State, 

local, tribal, or foreign agency charged 

with the responsibility of investigating 

or prosecuting such violation, or 

charged with enforcing or implementing 

the statute, regulation, rule or order. On 

its own initiative, VA may also disclose 

the names and addresses of veterans and 

their dependents to a Federal agency 

charged with the responsibility of 

investigating or prosecuting civil, 

criminal or regulatory violations of law, 

or charged with enforcing or 

implementing the statute, regulation, 

rule or order issued pursuant thereto. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

VA sensitive information, including 

individually identifiable health 

information, is stored on electronic 

media, laser optical media, on a 

segregated secure server or in paper 

form. Data stored on a secure server are 

located at the Austin Automation 

Center. Electronic media, or laser 


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optical media data are kept locked in a 

safe when not in immediate use. The 

safe is secured inside a key-accessed 

room at OPP. Information stored on 

paper is kept locked in file cabinets 

when not in immediate use. Databases 

are temporarily placed on a secured 

server inside a restricted network area 

for data match purposes only. 

Information that resides on a segregated 

server is kept behind locked doors with 

limited access. Requestors of OPP stored 

health information within VA, or from 

external individuals, contractors, 

organizations, and/or agencies with 

whom VA has a contract or agreement, 

must provide an equivalent level of 

security protection and comply with all 

applicable VA policies and procedures 

for storage and transmission as codified 

in VA directives such as but not limited 

to VA Directive 6504. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Individually-identified health care 

information is kept in two forms. The 

first form is the original data file 

containing the names and social 

security numbers of the record subjects. 

OPP assigns unique codes derived from 

social security numbers to these 

individual records prior to conducting 

analyses on the data. The encryption 

key for social security numbers and 

other numerical identifiers of the 

individuals is stored in a safe in OPP. 

The original records may be retrieved 

using social security numbers, military 

service number, claim or file number, 

DoD’s identification numbers, or other 

personal numerical identifiers. The 

records containing the encrypted 

identifiers may be retrieved only by 

those identifiers. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

This list of safeguards furnished in 

this System of Record is a general 

statement of measures taken to protect 

health information. For example, 

HIPAA guidelines for protecting health 

information will be followed and OPP 

will adopt evolving health care industry 

best practices in order to provide 

adequate safeguards. Further, VA policy 

directives that specify the standards that 

will be applied to protect health 

information will be provided to VA staff 

and contractors through mandatory data 

privacy and security training. 

Access to data storage areas is 

restricted to authorized VA employee or 

contract staff who have been cleared to 

work by the VA Office of Security and 

Law Enforcement. Health information 

file areas are locked after normal duty 

hours. VA facilities are protected from 

outside access by the Federal Protective 

Service and/or other security personnel. 

Access to health information provided 

by the Veterans Health Administration 

(VHA) pursuant to a Business Associate 

Agreement (BAA) is restricted to those 

OPP employees and contractors who 

have a need for the information in the 

performance of their official duties 

related to the terms of the BAA. As a 

general rule, full sets of health care 

information are not provided for use 

unless authorized by the OPP Assistant 

Secretary. File extracts provided for 

specific official uses will be limited to 

the minimum necessary amount and 

contain only the information fields 

needed for the analysis. Data used for 

analyses will have individual 

identifying characteristics removed 

whenever possible. 

Security complies with applicable 

Federal Information Processing 

Standards (FIPS) issued by the National 

Institute of Standards and Technology 

(NIST). Health information files 

containing unique identifiers such as 

social security numbers are encrypted to 

NIST-verified FIPS 140–2 standard or 

higher for storage, transport, or 

transmission. All files stored or 

transmitted on laptops, workstations, 

data storage devices and media are 

encrypted. Files are kept encrypted at 

all times except when data is in 

immediate use, per specifications by VA 

Office of Information Technology. NIST 

publications were consulted in 

development of security for this system 

of records. 

Contractors and their subcontractors 

are required to maintain the same level 

of security as VA staff for health care 

information that has been disclosed to 

them. Any data disclosed to a contractor 

or subcontractor to perform authorized 

analyses requires the use of Data Use 

Agreements, Non-Disclosure Statements 

and Business Associates Agreements to 

protect health information. Unless 

explicitly authorized in writing by the 

VA, sensitive or protected data made 

available to the contractor and 

subcontractors shall not be divulged or 

made known in any manner to any other 

person. Other federal or state agencies 

requesting health care information need 

to execute Data Use Agreements to 

protect data. 

OPP’s work area is accessed for 

business-only needs. For data that is not 

stored on a secure server, the data is 

stored in a combination-protected safe 

which is secured inside a limited access 

room. Direct access to the safe is 

controlled by select individuals who 

possess background security clearances. 

Only a few employees with strict 

business needs or ‘‘need-to-know’’

access and completed background 

checks will ever handle the data once it 

is removed from the safe for data match 

purposes. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Records are maintained and disposed 

of in accordance with records 

disposition authority approved by the 

Archivist of the United States. If the 

Archivist has not approved disposition 

authority for any records covered by the 

system notice, the System Manager will 

take immediate action to have the 

disposition of records in the system 

reviewed and paperwork initiated to 

obtain an approved records disposition 

authority in accordance with VA 

Handbook 6300.1, Records Management 

Procedures. OPP will publish an 

amendment to this notice upon issuance 

of NARA-approved disposition 

authority. The records may not be 

destroyed until VA obtains an approved 

records disposition authority. OPP 

destroys electronic files when no longer 

needed for administrative, legal, audit, 

or other operational purposes. In 

accordance with title 36 CFR 1234.34, 

Destruction of Electronic Records, 

‘‘electronic records may be destroyed 

only in accordance with a records 

disposition schedule approved by the 

Archivist of the United States, including 

General Records Schedules.’’

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS(ES): 

Director, Office of Data Development 

and Analysis, (008A3), U.S. Department 

of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

An individual who wishes to 

determine whether a record is being 

maintained in this system under his or 

her name or other personal identifier, or 

wants to determine the contents of such 

record, should submit a written request 

to the Director, Office of Data 

Development and Analysis, (008A3), 

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 

Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 

20420. Such requests must contain a 

reasonable description of the records 

requested. All inquiries must reasonably 

identify the health care information 

involved and the approximate date that 

medical care was provided. Inquiries 

should include the patient’s full name, 

social security number, telephone 

number and return address. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking information 

regarding access to and contesting of VA 

health information maintained by the 

Office of Policy and Planning may send 

a request by mail to the Director, Data 

Development and Analysis Service, 

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Affairs, 810 Vermont Ave., Washington, 

DC 20420 

CONTESTING RECORDS PROCEDURES: 

(See Notification procedure above.) 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Information is obtained from VHA 

and other VA staff offices and 

Administrations, OPP’s National Survey 

of Veterans, national surveys (e.g., 

National Long Term Care Survey, 

National Health Interview Survey), 

Federal agencies (e.g., Department of 

Defense, Department of Health and 

Human Services), state agencies, and 

other private and public health provider 

or insurance programs and plans. 

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