[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 66263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31929]


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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE


Proposed Collection: Comment Request

December 12, 1996.
ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), as 
part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent 
burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the 
general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on 
proposed and/or continuing collections of information in accordance 
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 
3508(c)(2)(A)). This program helps to ensure that requested data can be 
provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial 
resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, 
and the impact of collection requirement on respondents can be properly 
assessed. Currently, the Corporation for National and Community Service 
is soliciting comments concerning its proposed evaluation of Learn and 
Serve America participant outcomes.
    Copies of the information collection requests can be obtained by 
contacting the office listed below in the address section of this 
notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addresses section on or before February 10, 1997.
    The Corporation for National and Community Service is particularly 
interested in comments which:
    Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Corporation, including whether the information will have practical 
utility;
    Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and
    Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who 
are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submissions of responses.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Chuck Helfer, Office of Evaluation, 
Corporation for National and Community Service, 1201 New York Ave., 
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20525.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chuck Helfer, (202) 606-5000, ext. 
248.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Office of evaluation plans to administer a mailed survey to a 
sample of college students who participated in Learn and Serve America 
Higher Education (LSAHE) supported service-learning courses in spring 
1996. The Office will also survey a comparison group of students who 
participated in traditional courses during the same time period. The 
goals of this survey are to describe the experiences of students who 
take service-learning courses and determine if students who take 
service-learning courses show higher levels of civic responsibility, 
life skills and educational achievement.

II. Current Action

    The Corporation for National and Community Service seeks approval 
of a new form to evaluate the impact of the LSAHE program on student 
participants.
    Type of Review: New.
    Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
    Title: LSAHE Participant Outcome Survey.
    OMB Number: 3045--new.
    Agency Number: NA.
    Affected Public: College students in institutions supported by the 
LSAHE program.
    Total Respondents: 4,000.
    Frequency: One time only.
    Average Time Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,000.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget 
approval of the information collection request; they will also become a 
matter of public record.

    Dated: December 11, 1996.
Lance Potter,
Director, Office of Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 96-31929 Filed 12-16-96; 8:45 am]
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