VA trainee health care application and appraisal forms
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The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to renew and change the information it collects from applicants for Title 38 health care trainee positions. The forms cover trainee applications and appraisals used by the Veterans Health Administration when reviewing candidates for certain health care roles. This mainly affects people applying for VHA health care trainee positions and staff involved in reviewing those applications. The notice asks the public to comment by August 28, 2026 on whether the forms are necessary, clear, accurate in their burden estimates, and whether the process can be made easier through technology.
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Key Changes
- Opens a 60-day public comment period on VA Forms 10-2850d and 10-2850e
- Seeks reinstatement with changes of a previously approved information collection
- Asks for feedback on necessity, clarity, burden estimates, and ways to reduce respondent burden
Obligations
What this law requires
Members of the public who wish to comment on the proposed VHA information collection must submit comments through www.regulations.gov by the stated comment deadline.
Federal agencies conducting or sponsoring an information collection must obtain Office of Management and Budget approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act before proceeding with the collection.
Federal agencies proposing an extension or change to an approved information collection must publish a Federal Register notice and allow a 60-day public comment period.