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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: 2900NEW.
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 849
questions 8 if respondents passed their benefit to dependents; 3949 questions for all other respondents. The survey contains general rating-scale questions e.g., a scale of 15 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 114315 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
BillActive 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
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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
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Chair and the Executive Sponsor. There will be a general update from Veterans Administration Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System VAGLAHS on COVID19 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 Boards 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 instructionsRegistration 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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