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OMB Control No: 2900-0877	ICR Reference No: 202004-2900-006
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: VA	Agency Tracking No: VBA-OMS-NK
Title: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) or Privacy Act (PA) Request (VA Form 20-10206), Priority Processing Request (VA Form 20-10207) and Document/Evidence Submission (VA Form 20-10208)
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 04/29/2020
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 04/29/2020
	Date Received in OIRA: 04/28/2020
Terms of Clearance: 3 month emergency approval is granted. VA should immediately follow the 30 and 60 Federal Register Notice process described at 5 CFR 1320.10 for use of these forms after that 3 month period. During the Public Health Emergency declared for COVID-19, VA shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law and regulation, accept electronic signatures and shall submit an appropriate non-material/non-substantive change request to the instructions listed on these forms within 15 days of approval. VA may submit a non-material/non-substantive change to require wet signatures after the expiration of the Public Health Emergency declared in response to COVID-19.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2020	6 Months From Approved
Responses	500,000	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	50,000	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: VA Form 20-10206 will be used by claimants to request access to Federal agency records as long as the record is not exempt from release by one of nine FOIA exemptions. VA Form 20-10207 will be used by claimants to notify VA of an urgent or immediate need due to change in status or circumstance for priority processing of claim. VA Form 20-10208 will be used to identify and associate additional evidence or information in support of claim.

Emergency Justfication: (1) Veteran Ability to submit Claims Impacted Due to COVID-19. Local travel restrictions and COVID-19 mandated health & safety precautions may impact Veterans' and claimants' abilities to file forms, documents, and other responses in connection with VA Claims & Appeals. (2) Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) anticipates a potential increase in the submission of claims during and after the state of emergency for COVID-19. In an effort to address the effects of COVID-19 on claims processing for Veterans and claimants and to provide better, faster, and more efficient services, VBA proposes to align our modernization efforts with the way we currently receive certain types of veteran/claimant information. VBA has identified the need for 3 new forms that will reduce the submission of the current free-text form which does not support our current automation processing. By creating these new forms that do support the existing automation processes we will be able to provide faster and more efficient delivery of service to Veterans and claimants in response to the anticipated increase in claims related submissions that were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. (3) The 3 new forms will also enable VBA to process Veteran data faster due to the use of computerized Optical Character Recognition (OCR) which is the automated process to "read" forms for information upload into VBA systems.

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	500,000	500,000
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	50,000	50,000
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: These forms are new collections of information.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $22,661,527

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Danny Green 202 421-1354 danny.green2@va.gov

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