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An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information

unless the collection of information

displays a valid OMB control number.

Books or records relating to a collection

of information must be 3 retained as

long as their contents may become

material in the administration of any

internal revenue law. Generally, tax

returns and tax return information are

confidential, as required by 26 U.S.C.

6103.

Request for Comments: Comments

submitted in response to this notice will

be summarized and/or included in the

request for OMB approval. All

comments will become a matter of

public record. Comments are invited on:

(a) Whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information shall have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate

of the burden of the collection of

information; (c) ways to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; (d) ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on respondents, including

through the use of automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology; and (e) estimates of capital

or start-up costs and costs of operation,

maintenance, and purchase of services

to provide information.

Approved: July 2, 1998.

Garrick R. Shear,

IRS Reports Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–18441 Filed 7–9–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

Advisory Group to the Commissioner

of Internal Revenue

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS),

Treasury.

ACTION: Announce new official title for

one of IRS, Federal advisory

committees.

SUMMARY: The official title for the

Advisory Group to the Commissioner of

Internal Revenue has been changed to

Internal Revenue Service Advisory

Council.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Merci del Toro, Office of Public Liaison

and Small Business Affairs, CL:PL Room

7559 IR,1111 Constitution Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20224,

Telephone: 202–622–5081 (not a tollfree number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

charter for the Advisory Group to the

Commissioner of Internal Revenue was

revised on May 13, 1998, in accordance

with the provisions of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law

92–463, enacted October 6, 1972, to

officially change the title of the

Advisory Group to the Commissioner of

Internal Revenue to Internal Revenue

Service Advisory Council.

Dated: July 2, 1998.

Susanne M. Sottile,

Director, Office of Public Liaison and Small

Business Affairs/Designated Federal Official

for the IRS Advisory Council.

[FR Doc. 98–18442 Filed 7–9–98; 8:45 am]

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UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF

PEACE

Announcement of Senior Fellowship

Competition

AGENCY: United States institute of Peace.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The agency is soliciting

applications for Senior Fellowships

from scholars or practitioners who

conduct research related to the peaceful

resolution of international conflict.

Fellowship entails residence at agency

in Washington, DC, for up to one year

beginning September 1, 1999.

DATES: Application Material Available

Upon Request Receipt Date for Return of

Applications: October 1, 1998

Notification of Awards; April, 1999.

ADDRESSES: For application materials,

visit the Institute’s website at

www.usip.org, or contact: United States

institute of Peace, Jennings Randolph

Program, 1550 M Street, NW, Suite 700,

Washington, DC 20005–1708, (202) 429–

6063 (fax), (202) 457–1719 (TTY),

jrprogram@usip.org (email).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jennings Randolph Program, Phone

(202)–429–3886.

Dated: July 7, 1998.

Bernice J. Carney,

Director, Office of Administration.

[FR Doc. 98–18424 Filed 7–9–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Advisory Committee on the

Readjustment of Veterans, Notice of

Meeting

The Department of Veterans Affairs

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92–

463 that a meeting of the Advisory

Committee on the Readjustment of

Veterans will be held July 23 through

25, 1998. This meeting will be a field

meeting conducted primarily at VA

facilities in Spokane, Washington, and

Missoula and Fort Harrison, Montana.

The Committee will also visit with

Native American veterans on the

Blackfeet and Flathead reservations in

Montana to review the availability of

services for rural and minority veterans.

The purpose of the meeting is to provide

the Committee a first-hand opportunity

to review the provision and

coordination of VA services for war

related post-traumatic stress disorders

(PTSD) and other readjustment

difficulties specific to war veterans. For

this purpose, the Committee will tour

facilities, and engage in discussions

with VA service providers and veteran

consumers.

The meeting on July 23 will begin at

8 a.m. and conclude at 5 p.m. The day’s

agenda will be conducted concurrently

at three different locations. Specifically,

one Committee subgroup will visit the

Fort Harrison VA Medical & Regional

Office Center (VAM&ROC), Williams

Street/Highway 19, Fort Harrison,

Montana 59636, and one Committee

subgroup will visit the VA Medical

Center (VAMC), North 4815 Assembly,

Spokane, Washington 99205. The day’s

agenda will consist of direct

observations of VA mental health

services with particular attention to

PTSD programs, and a review of the

PTSD claims process at the Fort

Harrison VAM&ROC. An additional

focus for the meeting is continuity of

care and clinical follow-up between area

VA medical facilities and Vet Centers. A

third Committee subgroup will visit

with Native American veterans on the

Blackfeet reservation in Browning,

Montana. The day’s agenda will consist

of assessing veterans needs and services

provided by VA.

The meeting on July 24 will also begin

at 8 a.m. and conclude at 5 p.m. The

second day’s agenda will also be

conducted concurrently at three

different locations. The day’s agenda

will consist of a continuation of direct

observations of VA programs and

facilities at the Vet Center, 500 N.

Higgins Avenue, Missoula, Montana

59802, and Vet Center, West 1708

Mission Street, Spokane, Washington

99201. Concurrently, the third

Committee subgroup will be visiting

with Native American veterans on the

Flathead reservation in Polson,

Montana. The day’s agenda will consist

of assessing veterans needs and services

provided by VA.
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The meeting on July 25 will begin at

8:00 a.m. and conclude at 1:00 p.m. The

third day’s agenda will consist of a full

Committee executive meeting to review

findings and conclusions, and formulate

recommendations. The meeting will be

conducted at the Edgewater Double Tree

Hotel, 100 Madison Street, Missoula,

Montana. Their phone number is (406)

728–3100.

The meeting will be closed from 8

a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 23, and

from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, July 24,

in accordance with the provisions cited

in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) pursuant to

subsection 10(d) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act. During this portion of

the meeting, the Committee will be

engaging in discussions with clinical

service providers and veterans

consumers. The discussions will

disclose information of a personal

nature for veteran patients, which

would constitute a clearly unwarranted

invasion of personal privacy. The

meeting on Saturday, July 25, from 8

a.m. to 1 p.m., will be open to the

public.

Anyone having questions concerning

the meeting may contact Alfonso R.

Batres, Ph.D., M.S.S.W., Chief,

Readjustment Counseling Officer,

Department of Veterans Affairs

Headquarters Office at (202) 273–8967.

Dated: July 2, 1998.

Heyward Bannister,

Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–18322 Filed 7–9–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Privacy Act of 1974; Report of

Amended Matching Program

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

intends to conduct a recurring computer

matching program matching Office of

Personnel Management (OPM) records

with VA pension and parents’

dependency and indemnity

compensation (DIC) records.

The goal of this match is to compare

income status as reported to VA with

records maintained by OPM.

The Department of Veterans Affairs

plans to match records of veterans and

surviving spouses and children who

receive pension, and parents who

receive DIC from VA from Office of

Personnel Management benefit records

maintained by OPM. The match with

OPM will provide VA with data from

OPM civil service benefit records.

VA will use this information to

update the master records of VA

beneficiaries receiving income

dependent benefits and to adjust VA

benefit payments as prescribed by law.

Otherwise, information about a VA

beneficiary’s receipt of OPM benefits is

obtained from reporting by the

beneficiary. The proposed matching

program will enable VA to ensure

accurate reporting of income.

Records to Be Matched

The VA records involved in the match

are the VA system of records,

Compensation, Pension, Education and

Rehabilitation Records—VA (58 VA 21/

22) first published at 41 FR 9294, March

3, 1976 and last amended at 63 FR 7196,

February 12, 1998. The OPM records

involved in the match are from the OPM

Civil Service Retirement Pay File

identified as OPM Central–1, Civil

Service Retirement and Insurance

records, published at 58 FR 19153

(April 12, 1993) and amended at 60 FR

63081–63083, (December 8, 1995). In

accordance with Title 5 U.S.. subsection

552a(o)(2) and (r), copies of the

agreement are being sent to both Houses

of Congress and to the Office of

Management and Budget.

This notice is provided in accordance

with the provisions of the Privacy Act

of 1974 as amended by Public Law 100–

503.

The match will start no sooner than

30 days after publication of this Notice

in the Federal Register, or 40 days after

copies of this Notice and the agreement

of the parties are submitted to Congress

and the Office of Management and

Budget, whichever is later, and end not

more than 18 months after the

agreement is properly implemented by

the parties. The involved agencies’ Data

Integrity Boards (DIBs) may extend this

match for 12 months provided the

agencies certify to the DIBs, within three

months of the ending date of the

original match, that the matching

program will be conducted without

change and that the matching program

has been conducted in compliance with

the original matching program.

ADDRESSES: Interested individuals may

submit written comments to the

Director, Office of Regulations

Management (O2D), Department of

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue,

NW, Room 1154, Washington, DC

20420. Comments will be available for

public inspection at the above address

in the Office of Regulations

Management, Room 1158, between 8:00

a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Mondays through

Fridays, except holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

Trowbridge (213B), (202) 273–7218.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

information is required by Title 5 U.S.C.

subsection 552a(e)(12), the Privacy Act

of 1974. A copy of this notice has been

provided to both Houses of Congress

and the Office of Management and

Budget.

Approved: June 30, 1998.

Togo D. West, Jr.,

Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

[FR Doc. 98–18310 Filed 7–9–98; 8:45 am]

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