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beneficiary. VA may recognize

representatives of service organizations

to assist beneficiaries in the prosecution

of VA claims, but no individual shall be

recognized unless such individual has

filed a power of attorney, executed in a

manner prescribed by VA.

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

January 25, 2000 at pages 4017 and

4018.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Estimated Annual Burden: 27,083

hours.

Estimated Average Burden Per

Respondent: 5 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

325,000.

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. 2900–0321’’ in any

correspondence.

Dated: March 4, 2000.

By direction of the Secretary.

Donald L. Neilson,

Director, Information Management Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Voluntary Service National Advisory

Committee; Notice of Meeting

The Department of Veterans Affairs

gives notice under Public Law 92–463

that the annual meeting of the

Department of Veterans Affairs

Voluntary Service National Advisory

Committee will be held at the Clarion

Plaza Hotel, 9700 International

Boulevard, Orlando, FL, May 31–June 3,

2000. The meeting begins with

participant registration from 12 noon to

5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 30, and from

8 am to 5 pm Wednesday, May 31,

through Friday, June 2, 2000, in

Ballroom C/D Foyer.

The committee, comprised of fifty

nine national voluntary organizations,

advises the Under Secretary of Health

and other members of the Department of

Veterans Affairs Central Office staff on

how to coordinate and promote

volunteer activities within VA facilities.

The primary purposes of this meeting

are: To provide for committee review of

volunteer policies and procedures; to

accommodate full and open

communications between the

organizations, representatives and the

Voluntary Service Office and field staff;

to provide educational opportunities

geared towards improving volunteer

programs with special emphasis on

methods to recruit, retain, motivate and

recognize volunteers; and to approve

committee recommendations.

Pre-meeting activities include:

Tuesday, May 30, 2000, VAVS Field

Staff will meet from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m.

in Salon 5 & 6; the National Executive

Committee will meet on Wednesday,

May 31, from 8 a.m. until 12 p.m. in

Salon 5 & 6; VISN 8 staff will provide

a Health Fair from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. in

Salon 7; there will be an a new member

orientation from 1:00 p.m. until 2:30

p.m. in Ballroom D; and from 3 p.m.

until 4:30 p.m. there will be an open

forum in Ballroom D. Opening

ceremonies will begin at 6:00 p.m.

featuring Thomas L. Garthwaite, M.D.,

as keynote speaker.

On Thursday, June 1, 2000, there will

be a Business Session from 8:30 a.m.

until 11:30 a.m. in Ballroom D. The

workshop topics include, Satisfaction

Through Service, Salon 4; Volunteerism

Corporate Style, Salon 5; Where Have

All the Volunteers Gone—Recruitment/

Retention, Salon 7 & 8; Homeless

Veterans Programs, Salon 9 & 10.

On Friday, June 2, 2000, a NAC

Business Session will be held from 8:30

a.m.–10 a.m., Ballroom C & D. The

educational workshops will be repeated

from 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. and from 3

p.m.–4:30 p.m., rooms remain the same

as on Thursday. The James H. Parke

luncheon will be from 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m.

in Ballroom C & D, honoring the 2000

recipient of the James H. Parke

Scholarship.

On the morning of Saturday, June 3,

2000, the NAC will hold a Business

Session from 8:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. in

Ballroom C & D. A critique of the

meeting will be held from 11:30 a.m.-

12:30 p.m. in Salon 3 & 4. A closing

celebration honoring the NAC

Volunteers of the Year will be held in

Ballroom C & D, beginning at 6:00 p.m.

The meeting is open to the public.

Individuals interested in attending are

encouraged to contact: Ms. Laura Balun,

Administrative Officer, Voluntary

Service Office (10C2), Department of

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue,

NW, Washington, DC, 20420, (202) 273–

8392.

Dated: May 11, 2000.

By Direction of the Secretary.

Marvin R. Eason,

Committee Management Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Privacy Act of 1974; Amendment of

System of Records

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is

revising an existing routine use to the

system of records entitled ‘‘Personnel

and Accounting Pay System-VA’’

(27VA047) as set forth in the Federal

Register 40 FR 38095 (8/26/75) and

amended in 48 FR 16372 (4/15/83), 50

FR 23009 (5/30/85), 51 FR 6858 (2/26/

86), 51 FR 25968 (7/17/86), 55 FR 42534

(10/19/90), 56 FR 23952 (5/24/91), 58

FR 39088 (7/21/93), 58 FR 40852 (7/30/

93), 60 FR 35448 (7/7/95), 62 FR 41483

(8/1/97), and 62 FR 68362 (12/31/97).

This system of records contains

information on current and former

salaried VA employees.

Public Law 103–94 (October 6, 1993)

created section 5520a of Title 5, United

States Code, which permits the

garnishment of Federal employees’

wages. The Office of Personnel

Management (OPM) issued regulations

(5 CFR part 582) which implement the

legislation. VA added a new routine use

No. 28 on July 7, 1995, to system of

records 27VA047 in order to comply

with this legislation. This route

specifically permitted the disclosure of

information to a garnisher concerning

the name and address of any new

employer of a former VA employee who

is the subject of a garnishment by legal

process.

In conjunction with a garnishment

procedure against a current employee,

Federal agencies may also be served

with interrogatories, and must respond

to them in accordance with 5 U.S.C.

5520a and OPM regulations 5 CFR

582.202(a) and 582.303. The

information sought under

interrogatories is usually personal

information protected by the Privacy

Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a. Consequently, VA

may provide information in response to

the interrogatories only when the

Privacy Act authorizes the disclosure.

It is unlikely employees would

provide prior consent to the disclosure

of information in response to

interrogatories. In addition,

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interrogatories are not usually

accompanied by a court order directing

an agency to answer the interrogatories.

Consequently, we are revising existing

routine use number 28 in order to

comply with the provisions on

interrogatories found in 5 U.S.C. 5520a

and OPM’s regulations.

VA has determined the release of

information for this purpose is a

necessary and proper use of the

information in this system of records

and the revision of existing routine use

number 28 for transfer of this

information is appropriate.

An altered system of records report

and a copy of the revised system notice

have been sent to the House of

Representatives Committee on

Government Reform, the Senate

Committee on Governmental Affairs,

and the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) as required by 5 U.S.C.

552a(r) and guidelines issued by OMB

(59 FR 37906, 37916–18 (7/25/94)).

Interested persons are invited to

submit written comments, suggestions,

or objections regarding the proposed

routine use of the system of records to

the Director, Office of Regulations

Management (O2D), Department of

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue,

NW, Room 1154, Washington, DC

20420. All relevant material received

before May 18, 2000 will be considered.

All written comments received will be

available for public inspection at the

above address in the Office of

Regulations Management, Room 1158,

between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30

p.m., Monday through Friday, except

holidays.

If no public comment is received

during the 30-day review period

allowed for public comment, or unless

otherwise published in the Federal

Register by VA, the new routine use

statement is effective May 18, 2000.

Approved April 4, 2000.

Togo D. West, Jr.,

Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

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