[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 6 (Monday, January 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1604-1605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-493]


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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.

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 preclearance 
consultation program to

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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. 
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 request for approval of a new information collection from 
representatives of communities served by organizations that conduct 
community service activities under the sponsorship of Corporation 
grants. This information will be used by the Corporation to evaluate 
the nature and effectiveness of its national service programs.
    Copies of the proposed information collection request may be 
obtained by contacting the office listed below in the ADDRESSES section 
of this notice. The Corporation 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;
     Propose ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity 
of the information to be collected; and
     Propose ways to 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 by March 12, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Corporation for National and Community 
Service, Attn: Marcia Scott, Office of Evaluation, 1201 New York 
Avenue, N.W., 9th floor, Washington, DC 20525.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marcia Scott, (202) 606-5000, ext. 
100.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    One of the missions of the Corporation is to ``provide 
opportunities to engage in service that addresses the nation's unmet 
human, educational, environmental, and public safety needs'' (42 U.S.C. 
12501(b)). Through the AmeriCorps*State/National program, the 
Corporation supports the efforts of local, state and national 
organizations that engage American adults in results-driven community 
service. Community service efforts include, but are not limited to: 
providing tutoring and immunization services for pre-school through 
twelfth grade children, and recruiting and training volunteers in local 
communities to provide health and independent living assistance to 
community residents, housing assistance to the homeless, community 
policing activities, and services to reduce environmental risk.
    The Corporation has placed a priority on evaluating the outcomes of 
these efforts. A primary goal of the Corporation is that communities 
will be made stronger through the services its programs provide. In 
addition to outcomes, key considerations in determining a number of 
policy and programming issues in Corporation programs are program 
impact and net societal benefit. This data collection will address not 
only the value that communities place on the outcomes achieved by 
national service programs, but also whether the outcomes would have 
occurred in the absence of the programs.

Current Action

    The Corporation seeks approval of a survey form for the evaluation 
of the Corporation's AmeriCorps*State/National programs that it 
supports through grants. The survey will allow for the enhancement of 
the Corporation's future efforts in devising methods to measure 
progress toward its goals. It also may contribute important information 
to the knowledge base of the community service field by identifying 
essential program components that lead to valued outcomes and program 
effectiveness.
    Type of Review: New approval.
    Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
    Title: Assessment of the Value-added Effect of National Service 
Programs on the Communities They Serve.
    OMB Number: None.
    Agency Number: None.
    Affected Public: AmeriCorps*State/National partner organizations 
and Community representatives including, leaders community groups, and 
service providers.
    Total Respondents: Approximately 540.
    Frequency: One time.
    Average Time Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 270 hours.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): None.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): None.
    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 also will become a 
matter of public record.

    Dated: January 5, 1999.
Kenneth L. Klothen,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 99-493 Filed 1-8-99; 8:45 am]
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