[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 44 (Friday, March 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11224-11225]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5813]


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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE


Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Corporation for National and Community Service 
(hereinafter the ``Corporation''), as part of its continuing effort to 
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance 
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. Sec. 3506(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 is soliciting comments concerning its 
proposed renewal of its AmeriCorps*VISTA Project Progress Report, OMB 
3045-0043. This form is used to collect information from project 
sponsors, site supervisors and members to periodically report on 
activities listed in an approved application.
    Copies of the information collection requests can be obtained by 
contacting the office listed below in the address section of this 
notice.
    The Corporation is particularly interested in comments that:
     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).

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addresses section on or before May 4, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to, Corporation for National and Community 
Service, AmeriCorps*VISTA, Attn: Ava Castanuela, 1201 New York Ave., 
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20525.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ava Castanuela (202) 606-5000, ext. 
462.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Part I

I. Background

    The information contained in the AmeriCorps*VISTA Project Progress 
Report is used to periodically collect information from project 
sponsors and site supervisors, and on activities listed in an approved 
application. In the past the form has, for the most part, collected 
quantitative information based on the goals and objectives of the 
approved application work plan.

II. Current Action

    The Corporation seeks to renew the revised AmeriCorps*VISTA Project 
Progress Report. The need to update the form is necessary to gather 
information on the impact and quality of the change a project makes 
within a community. Currently, with the form gathering quantitative 
information, quality and impact are frequently not mentioned by the 
reporting project. Although impact is not a new focus of 
AmeriCorps*VISTA projects, the process of systematically documenting 
these effects is.
    Type of Review: Renewal.
    Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
    Title: AmeriCorps*VISTA Project Progress Report.
    OMB Number: 3045-0043.
    Agency Number: None.

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    Affected Public: AmeriCorps*VISTA project sponsors, site 
supervisors and members.
    Total Respondents: 900.
    Frequency: 4 times per year.
    Average Time Per Response: 3 hours.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 10800 hours.
    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: March 2, 1998.
Kenneth L. Klothen,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-5813 Filed 3-5-98; 8:45 am]
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