9620 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 35 / Thursday, February 21, 2008 / Notices 

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 March 24, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the collection of information through 

www.Regulations.gov or to VA’s OMB 

Desk Officer, OMB Human Resources 

and Housing Branch, New Executive 

Office Building, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395–7316. 

Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–

0114’’ in any correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Denise McLamb, Records Management 

Service (005R1B), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461–

7485, FAX (202) 273–0443 or e-mail 

denise.mclamb@mail.va.gov. Please 

refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0114.’’

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Statement of Marital 

Relationship, VA Form 21–4170. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0114. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: VA Form 21–4170 is 

completed by individuals claiming to be 

common law widows/widowers of 

deceased veterans and by veterans and 

their claimed common law spouses to 

establish marital status. VA uses the 

information collected to determine 

whether a common law marriage was 

valid under the law of the place where 

the parties resided at the time of the 

marriage or under the law of the place 

where the parties resided when the right 

to benefits accrued. 

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 

October 1, 2007, at page 55861. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 2,708 

hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 25 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

6,500. 

Dated: February 12, 2008. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Denise McLamb, 

Program Analyst, Records Management 

Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–3245 Filed 2–20–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

National Research Advisory Council; 

Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92–

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that the National Research Advisory 

Council will hold a meeting on Monday, 

April 14, 2008 in Room 900 at the 

Greenhoot Cohen Building, 1722 Eye 

Street, NW., Washington, DC. The 

meeting will convene at 8:30 a.m. and 

end at 1 p.m. The meeting is open to the 

public. 

The purpose of the Council is to 

provide external advice and review for 

VA’s research mission. The April 14 

meeting agenda will include a review of 

the VA research portfolio. The Council 

will also provide feedback on the 

direction/focus of VA’s research 

initiatives. 

Any member of the public who 

expects to attend the meeting or wants 

additional information should contact 

Jay A Freedman, PhD, Designated 

Federal Officer, at (202) 254–0267. Oral 

comments from the public will not be 

accepted at the meeting. Written 

statement or comments should be 

transmitted electronically to 

jay.freedman@va.gov or mailed to Dr. 

Freedman at Department of Veterans 

Affairs, Office of Research and 

Development (12), 810 Vermont 

Avenue, Washington, DC 20420. 

Dated: February 14, 2008. 

By Direction of the Secretary. 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 08–782 Filed 2–20–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Privacy Act of 1974 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA). 

ACTION: Notice of amendment to system 

of records. 

SUMMARY: The Privacy Act of 1974, 5 

U.S.C. 522a (e), requires that all 

agencies publish in the Federal Register 

a notice of the existence and character 

of their systems of records. Notice is 

hereby given that VA is amending the 

system of records entitled ‘‘Center for 

Veterans Enterprise VA VetBiz Vendor 

Information Pages (VIP)’’ (123VA00VE) 

as set forth in the Federal Register 68 

FR 26685. VA is amending the system 

by revising the System Name, Categories 

of Individuals Covered by the System, 

Categories of Records in the System, 

Authority for Maintenance of the 

System, Routine Uses of Records 

Maintained in the System, including 

Categories of Users and the Purposes of 

Such Uses, Retrievability, and 

Safeguards. VA is also adding data 

elements to the System Notice required 

by the Federal Register Document 

Drafting Handbook. 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 March 24, 2008. If no 

public comment is received, the 

amended system will become effective 

March 24, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted through 

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) 461–4902 for an appointment. 

In addition, during the comment period, 

comments may be viewed online 

through the Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelsey Mortimer II (00VE), Department 

of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, 

telephone number (202) 303–3260 ext 

5246. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Description of the Proposed 

Amendments to System of Records 

‘‘Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE) 

VA VetBiz Vendor Information Pages 

(VIP)’’ (123VA00VE) 

The Department of Veterans Affairs is 

amending the VetBiz system of records 

notice to implement legal requirements 

that became applicable to the system 

since the last publication of the system 

notice by the Agency. The legal 

requirements are imposed by legislation 

and government-wide direction of the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), as well as paragraph 3.12 of the 

Federal Register Document Drafting 

Handbook. In December 2006, Congress 

enacted the Veterans Benefits, Health 

Care and Information Technology Act of 

2006 (Act), Public Law 109–461, 120 

Stat. 3403. Section 502(a)(1) of the Act 

created a new section 8127 of title 38, 

United States Code, 38 U.S.C. 8127. 


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